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An international team, including astronomers from Keele University, has performed a unique cosmic test to measure the mass of ...

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The Milky Way's core will be visible this month and through August. Here's what Tennessee stargazers should know.

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After defending his PhD thesis on modeling interstellar objects on Monday, June 30, Matthew Hopkins intended to take some well-deserved time off. It would appear the universe had other plans for him.

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Are we living in a cosmic void? New theory suggests our galaxy sits in a giant hole warping the universe's expansion.