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Astronomers spot oldest ‘dead’ galaxy yet observed

A galaxy that suddenly stopped forming new stars more than 13 billion years ago has been observed by astronomers. Using the James Webb Space Telescope,...

Astronomers discover first step toward planet formation

Astronomers have gotten very good at spotting the signs of planet formation around stars. But for a complete understanding of planet formation, we also...

Astronomers have just watched the most powerful explosion ever seen

A gamma ray burst about 2.4 billion light years away is being called “the BOAT” – the brightest of all time – and is...

Astronomers Tally the Growing Carbon Footprint of Space Science

For generations, astronomers have spent lonely evenings at remote mountaintop observatories peering at stars and planets as they whirl overhead. Today’s astronomy, however, is...

Astronomers discover a new type of star covered in helium burning ashes

A team of German astronomers, led by Professor Klaus Werner of the University of Tübingen, have discovered a strange new type of star covered...

Astronomers Want to Save Dark Skies from Satellite Swarms

Last Thursday, on the same day that SpaceX launched 49 Starlink internet relay satellites—joining more than 2,000 others in what is by far the...

Object found in the Milky Way ‘unlike anything astronomers have seen’ – Times of India

SYDNEY: Australian researchers have discovered a strange spinning object in the Milky Way they say is unlike anything astronomers have ever seen. The...

moon: Three, two, one: Astronomers predict SpaceX space junk will hit the Moon – Times of India

WASHINGTON: A chunk of a SpaceX rocket that blasted off seven years ago and was abandoned in space after completing its mission will crash...

Astronomers may have discovered a planet outside of our galaxy

Signs of a planet transiting a star outside of the Milky Way galaxy may have been detected for the first time. This intriguing result,...

Astronomers may have discovered first planet to orbit 3 stars: Potential discovery of a circumtriple planet has implications for bolstering our understanding of planet...

In a distant star system -- a mere 1,300 light years away from Earth -- UNLV researchers and colleagues may have identified the first...

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