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Astronomers have used observatories around the world, including the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO ...

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Scientists have discovered a gamma ray explosion outside our galaxy that's not only exceptionally powerful, but also ...

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The team examined an ancient quasar which they described as “a galaxy with a black hole so old and bright it looks like a cosmic beacon from the dawn of time”. Their study showed that the quasar had a ...

This image provided by the European Southern Observatory shows a powerful explosion, orange dot at the center of the image, that repeated several times over the course of a day, The image, taken with ...