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The universe is filled with galaxies, including our own Milky Way. When pictured, galaxies appear like fairly set areas with clear beginnings and endings. The reality, however, is not nearly as ...

Researchers have just shed light on an essential component of our Galaxy. A discovery that could transform our understanding of the Milky Way and its history. New astronomical ...

Primordial black holes may be exploding throughout the universe. If we can catch them in the act, it could pave the way to new physics, a study suggests.

How would you like to see the farthest thing visible to the naked eye? It’s possible, but you’ll need to bundle up and sit back on a lawn chair. Your ...

Since their discovery in 2007, fast radio bursts—extremely energetic pulses of radio-frequency light—have lit up the sky ...

The nearby bright star Vega is surrounded by a surprisingly smooth, 100 billion-mile-wide disk of cosmic dust, confirming that it is not surrounded by any exoplanets, JWST images reveal. And ...

Tiny grains from asteroid Ryugu are revealing clues to the magnetic forces that shaped the far reaches of the solar system over 4.6 billion years ago. The findings suggest the distal solar system ...

Israeli strikes on Lebanon killed at least 38 people around the eastern city of Baalbek in the Bekaa Valley on Wednesday, according to the regional governor, and at dusk more strikes hit Beirut's ...

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