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Some newly found stars in a small galaxy called Sextans A are forming without some of the usual "ingredients," raising ...

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Scientists are using powerful telescopes to study exoplanet atmospheres for signs of life. New missions could soon reveal ...

We live in a very exciting time: answers to some of the oldest questions humanity has conceived are within our grasp.

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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has turned up a tiny set of galaxies in the early universe that look deceptively simple but ...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has gone from obscure visitor to front‑page mystery, as a cascade of new images reveals behavior ...

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Using muon spin rotation spectroscopy, researchers from Japan and Canada have successfully captured the rapid conversion of ...

The Circinus galaxy, a galaxy about 13 million light-years away, contains an active supermassive black hole that continues to ...