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Thirty-five years ago, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched into orbit. It's been sending back galactic data and images ever since.
This gas needs an enormous amount of energy to shine — more than normal stars can supply. The discovery, based on data from ...
This rare stellar remnant is known as a magnetar. It's a type of neutron star, which is formed when a large star dies and ...
In a new study published in Science Advances, a team led by planetary scientist Chris Moeckel from UC Berkeley offers a ...
ESA/Hubble celebrates 35 years with a stunning new image of the Eagle Nebula — a massive cosmic spire sculpted by star ...
A new study published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society suggests that the universe may be rotating — albeit extremely slowly ...
Planets spin, stars spin, and galaxies spin. So maybe the universe is also spinning. This is what a team of researchers has ...
Related: After 2 years in space, the James Webb telescope has broken cosmology ... "A slow rotation of the universe could ...
The entire universe may be rotating, like its individual parts do, potentially explaining the “Hubble tension,” which ...
Though visually dynamic, it shows minimal star formation and hosts a massive but dormant black hole. The galaxy's unique hybrid structure—featuring traits of both spiral and elliptical ...
In the grand puzzle of the cosmos, one question continues to defy easy answers: how fast is the universe expanding?
A new analysis of the sky has finally confirmed where the missing half of the Universe's visible matter has been hiding.