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Astronomers have observed a rogue planet undergoing a dramatic “growth spurt”. The planet, called Cha 1107-7626, was observed ...

Black holes are among the most feared objects in the universe. These huge concentrations of tightly–packed matter, with a gravitational pull too strong for light to escape, can gobble up entire ...

"With these probability maps, we can push asteroids away while preventing them from returning on an impact trajectory, protecting the Earth in the long run." ...

A star found in the Large Magellanic Cloud is remarkably unpolluted by heavier elements, suggesting it is descended from the ...

Astronomers have a new explanation for mysterious "little red dots" observed in the early universe: Maybe they're not crowded star clusters that upend everything scientists know about galaxies. Maybe ...

A team of astronomers used an "Earth-sized super telescope" to detect an object that emits no light, via gravitational ...

Data collected by the Very Large Telescope in Chile and the James Webb Space Telescope show that Cha 1107-7626 varied the ...

The gravitational lensing that causes this rare phenomenon cannot be explained solely by looking at observable ...

Beyond the race for scientific, commercial and military purposes, there is another space race of a more curious sort. A race ...