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Hubble helps explore the wreckage of a supernova star explosion in a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way (image)

The Hubble Space Telescope may have just celebrated its 35th birthday on April 24, but it’s still providing groundbreaking astronomy.…

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James Webb telescope discovers Zhúlóng — the most distant spiral galaxy ever, and the Milky Way’s long lost ‘twin’

When astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to peer deep into the early universe, they made a serendipitous…

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How Many Rogue Planets Are in the Milky Way?

How Many Rogue Planets Roam the Milky Way? According to new simulations, many, even most, planets get ejected from their…

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Gaia telescope retires: Scientists bid farewell to ‘the discovery machine of the decade’ that mapped 2 billion Milky Way stars

On March 27, scientists bid farewell to the Gaia telescope, bringing to a close its groundbreaking 11-year mission of mapping…

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Hubble Telescope captures gorgeous new view of Milky Way’s star-packed galactic neighbor (photo)

The Hubble Space Telescope has sent back a gorgeous new view of one of our nearest galactic neighbors, which is…

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Dazzling photos of this month’s total lunar eclipse showcase a blood red moon near the Milky Way’s heart

Breathtaking photos of the total lunar eclipse from earlier this month capture a glowing, blood red moon and star-studded heart…

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Weird repeating explosion beyond the Milky Way is one of the hottest blasts scientists have ever seen

Groundbreaking observations of a repeating explosion in space, the recurrent nova LMCN 1968-12a, reveal that it’s the hottest burst of…

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High-school student accidentally discovers black hole ‘light echo’ twice as wide as the Milky Way

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Long after the black hole in the center of a galaxy sputters out, you can still see…

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Big Wheel: Giant Milky Way-like galaxy formed unusually soon after the big bang

The Big Wheel galaxy formed 2 billion years after the big bang Weichen Wang A newly-discovered spiral galaxy, dubbed the…

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NASA supercomputer finds billions of comets mimicking the Milky Way’s shape: ‘The universe seems to like spirals!’

Spirals are a repeating theme in astronomy, with arguably the most famous example of a swirling armed structure being our…

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