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Astronomers have discovered a tiny, ghostly galaxy in a remote corner of the universe, likely a cosmic castaway flung from its original galactic group billions of years ago and left to wander in ...

But over the summer, 3I/ATLAS, has plunged toward the inner solar system—and the fireworks show has begun in earnest. When ...

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 ...

In May 1964, Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson were testing how radio waves bounced off balloon satellites developed by Bell ...

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If you’ve been following Gizmodo’s astrophysics coverage, you’ve probably noticed a pattern: Scientists study a cosmic phenomenon and start to get a handle on it—then something shows up that ...

A giant explosion that lit up the sky didn't just rock the cosmos – it absolutely rattled our understanding of the Universe's most powerful outbursts. The gamma-ray burst (GRB) recorded on 2 July 2025 ...

A supermassive black hole lurking at the center of M87, a supergiant galaxy 55 million light-years from Earth, is acting far more strangely than anticipated. Since 2017, astronomers from the Event ...

We’ve grown up with the idea that the universe will expand forever, meaning the "cosmological constant" is positive. What if ...

New Delhi, Sept. 13 -- Charlie Kirks Wife Cries In First Speech After Assassination Warns His Haters You Have No Idea Earth's crust was shaped by visitors from the Milky Way galaxy Varun Chakaravarthy ...

The manhunt for the person who shot and killed Charlie Kirk on Wednesday is ongoing, and officials have indicated they aren’t particularly close to locating the perpetrator. Kirk was shot in the neck ...