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When the National Science Foundation announced a competition to fund institutes in astronomy and AI in the summer of 2023, ...

We explore a material more precious than gold that didn’t originate on our planet.

Researchers discovered a hidden 185,000 light-year "bridge" of gas between two distant galaxies, which are also trailed by a ...

The Mauve telescope, developed by London-headquartered start-up Blue Skies Space, is the size of a small suitcase and carries ...

Researchers from The University of Western Australia node at the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) ...

A UCLA-led team has achieved the sharpest-ever view of a distant star’s disk using a groundbreaking photonic lantern device ...

A scientist spotted an asteroid hiding in the sun's glare that orbits the sun in just 128 days, making it the second fastest ...

The discovery of a new celestial object in the Earth's neighborhood has created a buzz online asking whether the planet now ...

On the night of Oct. 5, 1923, Edwin Hubble observed a strange star that flickered in intensity at regular intervals. The star ...

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