Astronomers spot two white dwarfs doomed to die in a quadruple detonation
Astronomers have spotted two hefty white dwarf stars - highly compact stellar embers - orbiting close together that appear ...
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Space photo of the week: The chaotic heart of the Milky Way like you've never seen it before
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has teamed up with the MeerKAT radio telescope array to explore how magnetic fields ...
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JWST finds spiral galaxy about 5 times more massive than Milky Way — scientists call it 'Big Wheel'
A team of astronomers at the University of Milano-Bicocca has uncovered a colossal spiral galaxy that existed just 2 billion ...
It gave us the best map of the Milky Way. Now the Gaia spacecraft is orbiting into retirement
Astronomers bid an emotional farewell to Gaia, expressing their gratitude for its more than decade-long mission that gave us ...
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Dazzling photos of this month's total lunar eclipse showcase a blood red moon near the Milky Way's heart
NOIRLab shared stunning views of the total lunar eclipse in the night sky over Chile, complete with a blood red moon and ...
Saying farewell to Gaia, as the Milky Way-mapping space telescope mission ends
The final messages sent to Gaia will continue to be carried out into space as the observatory sleeps, and as data from it ...
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Scientists retire Gaia telescope, 'the discovery machine of the decade'
After 11 years mapping the Milky Way, the European Space Agency's Gaia space telescope has retired. Scientists hailed it as ...
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Farewell to Gaia, the Milky Way’s Cartographer
An artist’s impression of the Milky Way as viewed from above ... “It’s something that is now underpinning almost all of astronomy,” said Anthony Brown, an astronomer at Leiden University ...
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Sleep Under the Stars In This Geo Dome In Arizona
This stargazing dome in Arizona is the perfect place to celebrate Global Astronomy Month. It's translucent and offers ...
Gases structures key in enabling stars’ formation: Milky Way’s cold gas clouds mapped in unprecedented detail
Gupta explained that hydrogen atoms may eventually transform into molecular gas, the basic fuel for the formation of stars.