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Hubble spots a magnetar zipping through the Milky Way
Magnetars are among the rarest—and weirdest—denizens of the galactic zoo. They have powerful magnetic fields and may be the ...
The universe's brightest lights have some dark origins
Did you know some of the brightest sources of light in the sky come from the regions around black holes in the centers of ...
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See how the Hubble Space Telescope is still revolutionizing astronomy
Hubble is still going strong 35 years after it was launched into space. Celebrate its anniversary with some out-of-this-world images.
Webb Telescope Uncovers Star Birth Struggles in a Magnetic Maze at the Milky Way’s Core
Two new research studies explore how a stellar nursery in the heart of the Milky Way is affected by the region’s strong ...
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Giant, Glowing Gas Cloud Discovered Just 300 Light-Years Away
An enormous glowing cloud that contains approximately 3,400 solar masses worth of gas has been discovered near the solar ...
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Twinkling star reveals the secrets of turbulent plasma in our cosmic neighborhood
The scattered waves create a pattern of bright and dim patches that drifts over our radio telescopes as Earth, the pulsar and plasma all move through space. From our vantage point, this causes the ...
China’s Antarctic expedition yields fruitful scientific results, further improves polar space debris monitoring system
Xuelong 2, one of the ships from China's 41st Antarctic expedition team, departs on a nearly seven-month mission to ...
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Twinkling star reveals the shocking secrets of turbulent plasma in our cosmic neighbourhood
The scattered waves create a pattern of bright and dim patches that drifts over our radio telescopes as Earth, the pulsar and plasma all move through space. From our vantage point, this causes the ...