The Sombrero galaxy’s name fits perfectly.
A new citizen science project invites the public to scan never-before-seen images from the Euclid Space Telescope in search of galaxies bending spacetime.
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A new recipe of “quadratic gravity” could help to better define the picture of the Big Bang and the singularity that existed prior to the dawn of time.
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New simulations suggest binary star systems may be ideal for planet formation, and may produce more gas giants than single-star systems.
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Astronomers have found the boundary of star formation in the Milky Way’s spiral disk — and it’s not as far out from the center of our galaxy as you might imagine.
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Should Pluto be a bona fide planet again? NASA is working to “revisit the discussion” on Pluto’s planethood status, according to agency chief Jared Isaacman.
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By peering deep inside Orion’s star-forming gas clouds, radio astronomers have been able to directly measure the masses of young binary stars, confirming that our theoretical models are on the right lines.
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The ongoing military conflict regarding Iran and the Strait of Hormuz may well mirror a future situation off-Earth — the use of cislunar space, the region between the moon and our planet.
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“With the James Webb Space Telescope now revealing more supermassive black holes in the early universe, this mechanism may help bridge the gap between theory and observation.”
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The Small Magellanic Cloud, a neighbor of our Milky Way galaxy, stuns in this ambassador’s picture.