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Supernovae are one of the most useful events in all of astronomy. Scientists can directly measure their power, their spin, and their …

VISTA RGB color images of CGG-z4 at z ∼ 4.3 using the Ks (red), J (green), and i (blue) bands. Two spectroscopically …

An artist’s illustration of the red dwarf star Wolf 359, with a small orbiting planet in the distance. An inset image is …

The exoplanet census continues to grow. Currently, 5,819 exoplanets have been confirmed in 4,346 star systems, while thousands more await confirmation. The …

In this screen grab taken from the SpaceX broadcast the Starship’s Super Heavy Booster is grappled mid-air as it returns to the …

An image of the spiral galaxy NGC 1068 obtained by the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT). The galaxy has a …

Credit: Michigan State University The sun, a searing hot sphere of gas primarily composed of hydrogen and helium, boasts surface and outer …

SpaceX’s seventh flight test of its massive Starship launch system brought good news as well as not-so-great news. The good news? The …

The photo provided by the University of Alberta Meteorite Collection shows fragments collected from a meteorite which fell in front of a …

The Central Molecular Zone (CMZ) at the heart of the Milky Way holds a lot of gas. It contains about 60 million …