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Surveying nearby galaxies in the process of merging with other galaxies, astronomers have identified massive, dense star ...

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NASA has just released a new documentary about the most powerful space telescope ever built, and you can watch it now.

An accidental discovery in an astronomy show offers researchers a new clue about the mysterious Oort Cloud, a large expanse ...

The game-changing Vera Rubin Observatory will collect more astronomical data in its first year than all other telescopes ...

A cloud of energetic gas lit up by a collision of galaxies spans nearly 20 million light-years, leading astronomers to ...

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