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The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a spectacular new image of the largest and most unusual protoplanetary disk ever ...

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From ancient stargazers to modern-day space scientists, women have shaped our understanding of the cosmos. This crossword ...

While late M-stars are the easiest places to find Earth-sized planets, a new study suggests they are biological dead ends where animal life may never find enough fuel to evolve.

Nearly all stars are found inside or around galaxies, but there are ways for stars to escape into intergalactic space.

Strange cosmic objects spotted by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) are presently puzzling astronomers. The odd ...

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A group of about 1,000 stars are coming to Nevada skies this month. See the details on that and the other astronomical events ...

Astronomers have uncovered the long-hidden cause behind Betelgeuse’s strange behavior: a small companion star carving a visible wake through the giant’s vast atmosphere. Using nearly eight years of ...

A newly discovered celestial object may be a starless cloud that could change how astronomers understand dark matter.

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