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Astronomers discover strange solar system body dancing in sync with Neptune: 'Like finding a hidden rhythm in a song'Astronomers have discovered an object at the edge of the solar system that is locked in a strange rhythmic dance with the ice giant Neptune.
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A doomed exoplanet is caught in a 'death spiral' around its star. Can it survive?A massive doomed exoplanet on a death spiral toward its parent star has three possible catastrophic fates.
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Bad news for alien life? Earth-size planets may be less common than we thoughtUp to 200 worlds investigated by NASA's exoplanet-hunting TESS satellite could be bigger than predicted, a finding that could impact our search for alien life.
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Astronomers discover monster exoplanet hiding in 'stellar fog' around young starA monster exoplanet as big as 10 times the size of Jupiter has emerged from the stellar gas and dust surrounding a young star, thanks to the telescope tag team of Gaia and ALMA.
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![A family portrait of galaxies from the CRISTAL survey. Red shows cold gas traced by ALMA’s [CII] observations. Blue and green represent starlight captured by the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eVukmgPN8vVBokz2SrUwMV-230-80.png)
'Time machine' reveals hidden structures in the universe's first galaxiesUsing the ALMA telescope, astronomers have revealed the internal structure of the first galaxies in the universe, hinting at how our cosmos took shape.
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Astronomers discover origins of mysterious double hot Jupiter exoplanets: 'It is a dance of sorts'Astronomers have discovered the strange dance that leads to the creation of rare "double hot Jupiters" in binary star systems that are "just right."
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This supermassive black hole is eating way too quickly — and 'burping' at near-light speedsUsing the XMM-Newton telescope, astronomers have witnessed high-speed "burps" erupting from a distant overfeeding supermassive black hole.
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Astronomers capture the most intricate picture of a galaxy in a thousand colors ever seenA stunning new image of the Sculptor Galaxy, located 11 million light-years away, painted in thousands of colors by the VLT, reveals the intricacies of galactic systems.
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Supernovas may have triggered life-threatening changes in ancient Earth's climate. Scientists say it could happen againAncient supernovas may have blasted Earth with powerful radiation, causing dramatic changes in our climate, and could do so again, posing a threat to life.
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Missing link star? Why this 'teenage vampire' white dwarf has scientists so excitedAstronomers have discovered a "teenage vampire" dead star in the process of devouring a companion star during a short-lived, "missing link" phase of its evolution.
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The sun: Facts about the bright star at the center of the solar systemDiscover interesting facts about the sun, the solar system's central star that supports all life on Earth.
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Astronomers discover black hole ripping a star apart inside a galactic collision. 'It is a peculiar event'Astronomers have spotted a supermassive black hole ripping apart and devouring a star in colliding galaxies. It is only the second time a tidal disruption event has been seen in interacting galaxies.
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James Webb Space Telescope finds a wild black hole growth spurt in galaxies at 'cosmic noon'Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have peered into galaxies that existed at cosmic noon to hunt ravenously feeding black holes and bursts of starbirth.
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Has the James Webb Space Telescope discovered a 'missing' supermassive black hole? (video)Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered "smoking gun" evidence of a hidden feeding supermassive black hole in a distant spiral galaxy.
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Gamma-ray bursts reveal largest structure in the universe is bigger and closer to Earth than we knew: 'The jury is still out on what it all means.'New research suggests that the largest cosmic structure is even bigger and closer to Earth than we knew. It goes against scientists' models of cosmic evolution.
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Record-breaking 'dead' galaxy discovered by JWST lived fast and died young in the early universeThe most distant and earliest "dead" massive galaxy ever seen shows some galaxies lived fast and died young shortly after the Big Bang.
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Black holes may obey the laws of physics after all, new theory suggests"The singularity is the most mysterious and problematic part of a black hole. It's where our concepts of space and time literally no longer make sense."
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Scientists discover smallest galaxy ever seen: 'It's like having a perfectly functional human being that's the size of a grain of rice'Astronomers have discovered the smallest dwarf galaxy ever seen. It is a mystery how the satellite galaxy of Andromeda survived the blistering conditions of the early universe.
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Is our universe trapped inside a black hole? This James Webb Space Telescope discovery might blow your mind"I think that the simplest explanation of the rotating universe is the universe was born in a rotating black hole."
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NASA switches off Voyager instruments to extend life of the two interstellar spacecraft: 'Every day could be our last.'"The Voyagers have been deep space rock stars since launch, and we want to keep it that way as long as possible!"
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Exoplanet with iron rain has violent winds 'like something out of science fiction'"Even the strongest hurricanes in the solar system seem calm in comparison."
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James Webb Space Telescope reveals how a cosmic 'Phoenix' cools off to birth stars"The Phoenix cluster has the largest reservoir of hot, cooling gas of any galaxy cluster."
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Astronomers unsure what caused 'weird explosion' seen by Einstein Probe's X-ray eyeWas a powerful cosmic explosion seen by the Einstein Probe launched by a supermassive black hole snacking on a star, by a gamma-ray burst, or by something entirely new?
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Scientists discover black holes spinning unexpectedly fast: 'You’re essentially looking at its fossil record'A new form of black hole archeology, linking spin to gas and dust, has revealed that these cosmic titans spin faster than expected.
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