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The satellites in Amazon's new internet-beaming megaconstellation in low Earth orbit are bright enough to disrupt ...

A groundbreaking new radio image reveals the Milky Way in more detail than ever before, using low-frequency radio “colors” to ...

Scientists have released a detailed image of the Andromeda galaxy that took over a decade to complete. The project required ...

Mock observations test the performance of the Chinese Space Station Telescope as the 2-meter-class observatory moves closer ...

The early universe has a lot more massive black holes than suspected.

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Astronomers have, for the first time, captured a detailed snapshot of planetary systems in an era long shrouded in mystery.

An extremely early Type II supernova explosion, named after the Titan goddess of dawn in Greek mythology, occurred just 1 ...

Researchers have reported new experimental results addressing the origin of rare proton-rich isotopes heavier than iron, ...

The astrophysicist was one of the first researchers to bring astronomy closer to the general public and to advocate the ...

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