A multitude of discoveries are on the horizon after a much-awaited release that is based on 22 months of charting …
outer space
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While astronomers routinely study galaxies much farther away, they’re visible only because they glow with the brightness of …
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Space
Study Finds Tens of Thousands of Black Holes in Milky Way’s Center
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesA Columbia University-led team of astrophysicists has discovered a dozen black holes gathered around Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), …
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New images from ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile and other telescopes reveal a rich landscape of stars …
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Astronomers, using data from the Gemini and W. M. Keck Observatories in Hawai’i, have encountered a galaxy that …
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Astronomers are back in the dark about what dark matter might be, after new observations showed the mysterious …
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It might sound like something from a science fiction plot — astronauts traveling into deep space being bombarded …
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Astronomers have discovered that all galaxies rotate once every billion years, no matter how big they are. The …
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists are part of a national planetary defense team that designed a conceptual …
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Trailing Earth’s orbit at 94 million miles away, the Kepler space telescope has survived many potential knock-outs during …