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Hubble Views Cosmic Dust Lanes
NASA· 1 hour agoFeatured in this new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is a nearly edge-on view of the lenticular galaxy NGC 4753. Lenticular galaxies have...
Hidden in the Halo: MIT Researchers Discover the Universe’s Oldest Stars
SciTechDaily· 1 day agoAstronomers discovered three ancient stars circling the Milky Way’s halo, formed 12-13 billion years...
Three new RR Lyrae variable stars discovered
Phys.org· 1 day agoUsing the Lulin One-meter Telescope (LOT), astronomers have observed a newly detected candidate ultra-faint dwarf galaxy known as Virgo III. As a result ...
Dusty galaxy looks like a cosmic net in gorgeous new Hubble Telescope photo
SPACE.com· 1 day agoA new Hubble image highlights the intricacies of a distant galaxy glowing with a bright white core...
Raspberry in the sky: Astronomers discover a new supernova remnant candidate
Phys.org· 4 days agoAstronomers from the Western Sydney University in Australia and elsewhere report the detection of a ...
Astronomers discover "super fluffy" exoplanet with cotton candy-like density
TechSpot· 2 days agoSweet: Astronomers led by a team at MIT have discovered a gas giant in our own galaxy that's unlike...
Astronomers reveal universe's oldest stars hiding in our galaxy
Newsweek· 2 days agoThe heavenly bodies were detected by MIT researchers in the "halo" of stars that surrounds the...
In the Milky Way, 3 intruder stars are 'on the run' — in the wrong direction
SPACE.com· 1 day agoAstronomers have discovered three ancient stars "on the run" in the outskirts of the Milky Way ...
JWST discovers black holes merging near the dawn of the cosmos
Astronomy Magazine· 20 hours agoThe James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has detected two galaxies and their supermassive central black...
Scientists discover bizarre region around black holes that proves Einstein right yet again
LiveScience· 5 hours agoAstronomers have observed matter plunging into the mouth of a black hole at the speed of light,...
