The Milky Way's black hole is hiding an explosive past, evidence suggests

Our galaxy's supermassive black hole is famous for being one of the dimmest in the universe. Evidence from a new space ...

James Webb Space Telescope captures stunning 4K view of Milky Way's heart

The James Webb Space Telescope's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) reveals a stunning view of star-forming region Sagittarius C ...
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How the Milky Way got its unusual name

Mickey Rourke calls GoFundMe 'humiliating' and vows to return the money Hundreds of tourists stranded on remote island as ...
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I thought I knew the night sky, but what I saw from the Canary Islands left me speechless

From volcanic landscapes to world-class observatories, a journey through the Canary Islands reveals a night sky unlike ...

A few hundred years ago: Trace of an eruption of the black hole Sgr A*

The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way apparently flared up dramatically relatively recently. An echo of ...

Webb finds early-universe analog's unexpected talent for making dust

Using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have spotted two rare kinds of dust in the dwarf galaxy Sextans A, one ...
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Super-low density worlds reveal how common planetary systems form

Most planetary systems contain worlds larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune, and the low-density planets around one ...
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'How can all of this be happening?': Scientists spot massive group of ancient galaxies so hot they shouldn't exist

An inexplicably hot, fast-growing cluster of galaxies in the early universe has scientists questioning theories of galactic evolution. Astronomers have spotted an unexpectedly hot galaxy cluster in ...
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Farm Show butter sculpture unveiling set for this week

Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding, Carolyn Matthews Eaglehouse of Milky Way Farm, Chester Springs, and ...
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Starless ‘Failed Galaxy’ Is First of Its Kind Ever Seen

A potential new type of celestial object has all the makings of a normal small galaxy. It’s rich with the same hydrogen gas ...
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NASA releases decades-long video of Kepler’s supernova remnant

NASA has released a decades-long video showing Kepler’s supernova remnant evolving in X-rays, using Chandra Observatory data ...
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Hubble telescope discovers a new type of cosmic object and astronomers are on 'Cloud 9'

Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered a new type of cosmic object, a cloud of dark matter and gas ...