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What’s In The Space Between Stars?

You might think the space between stars is completely empty, but it’s actually packed with way more stuff than you’d […] ...
From comets blazing in from other star systems to galaxies no one knew were there, the discoveries keep piling up. Let’s dig into what the Webb and Hubble telescopes have uncovered recently. So the ...
A new study co-led by the University of Oxford and Google Cloud has shown how general-purpose AI can accurately classify real ...
Astronomers have discovered a new object that could help shed light on mysterious "little red dots" that were first spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) in 2022. The newfound object, ...
In the vast, uncharted realms of the cosmos, NASA’s telescopes have detected an eerie and peculiar celestial object. This enigmatic image, already shrouded in mystery, has only grown more perplexing, ...
For centuries, scientists have puzzled over globular clusters, the dense star systems that orbit galaxies without dark matter. Using ultra-detailed simulations, researchers recreated their origins and ...
Astronomers have spotted a cosmic explosion of high-energy gamma-rays unlike any ever seen before. The gamma-ray burst (GRB) designated GRB 250702B set itself apart from other explosive bursts of ...
Black Holes The James Webb telescope may have discovered a brand new class of cosmic object: the black hole star Space Scientists shocked to find rare 'Einstein cross' with a surprise in its center ...
An unusual cosmic object is helping scientists better understand the chemistry hidden deep in Jupiter and Saturn’s atmospheres — and potentially those of exoplanets. Why has silicon, one of the most ...
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope detected material from a Pluto-like body spiraling into a white dwarf star 260 light-years away from Earth. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / Tim Pyle illustration For the ...
Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...