A consensus is emerging that the dots, sometimes called rubies, are an entirely new type of object in the Universe.

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For decades, astronomers have looked to the outer reaches of the cosmos for answers to our most fundamental questions: Where ...

Stars often fall into black holes, and now it seems the opposite can also occur, producing an extra long-lasting explosion as ...

On July 2, 2025, NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (Fermi-GBM) captured around three hours' worth of signals that appeared ...

The extraordinary James Webb Space Telescope had a major problem before two young scientists unlocked its full potential.