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The Milky Way's last major act of galactic cannibalism was surprisingly recent
SPACE.com· 7 hours agoIn fact, the last major collision between our galaxy and another seems to have occurred billions of...
Humans emerged thanks to Earth colliding with cold clouds, study suggests
Daily Telegraph· 1 hour agoEarth passed through a giant interstellar cloud two million years ago which cooled the planet and...
Galactic Bloodlines: Many Nearby Star Clusters Ori | Newswise
Newswise· 15 hours agoAn international team of astronomers led by the University of Vienna has deciphered the formation...
Planet-forming disk around small star offers big surprises
WSAU Wausau· 4 days agoBy Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Stars about the size of our sun are not the most common ones...
The storied Hubble telescope has gone into ‘safe mode.’ Here’s NASA’s plan to keep it alive | CNN
CNN.com· 3 days agoThe Hubble Space Telescope will transition to a new way of operating that aims to prevent the space...
Scientists call the region of space influenced by the Sun the heliosphere – but without an...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 3 days agoAn interstellar probe could help scientists answer fundamental questions about how the Sun...
Rocky, carbon-rich exoplanets more likely around tiny stars, James Webb Space Telescope reveals
Space via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe discovery was made when the Mid-Infrared instrument (MIRI) on the ...larger, Jupiter-like gas...
Sharp-eyed Telescope Tracks Satellites During Daylight
IEEE Spectrum· 5 hours agoDaytime astronomy—amateur nighttime stargazers might wonder, what’s the point? This advance also...
Explosive 'devil comet' grows seemingly impossible 2nd tail after close flyby of Earth — but it's...
Live Science via Yahoo News· 3 days agoComet 12P/Pons-Brooks, also known as the devil comet, recently made its closest approach to Earth...
Where to find Britain’s darkest skies
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 4 days agoBritain is an island of star-seekers. We love gazing up at the night sky, marvelling at countless glimmering pin-pricks whose light has travelled for...