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What's the difference between outer space and deep space?
By Briley Lewis published
Space, outer space, and deep space — which is further out, and which is the real final frontier?
James Webb Telescope finds evidence of 'celestial monster' stars the size of 10,000 suns lurking at the dawn of time
By Ben Turner published
The James Webb Space Telescope has found key chemical fingerprints of supermassive stars just 440 million years after the Big Bang.
Scientists watched a 'reappearing supernova' explode 5 times in a row — and it could help reveal how fast the universe is expanding
By Isobel Whitcomb published
After showing up five times in Hubble images, a 'reappearing supernova' is helping scientists solve one of astronomy's biggest mysteries.
Scientists discover secret 'symmetries' that protect Earth from the chaos of space
By Anna Demming published
A new analysis of chaos in the solar system reveals how planetary collisions are avoided over billions of years.
Astronomers find remnants of the oldest stars in the universe
By Joanna Thompson published
A gas cloud 13 billion light-years away may be the resting place of some of the earliest stars in the universe.
'Green Monster' supernova is the youngest in the Milky Way, James Webb telescope reveals
By Stephanie Pappas published
New James Webb Space Telescope images reveal the grisly past of Cassiopeia A, the youngest known supernova remnant in the Milky Way.
Bizarre object 10 million times brighter than the sun defies physics, NASA says
By Briley Lewis published
A bizarre 'ultraluminous X-ray source' shines millions of times brighter than the sun, breaking a physical law called the Eddington limit, a new study finds.
Strange radio bursts that outshine entire galaxies may come from colliding neutron stars, new study suggests
By Robert Lea published
Powerful bursts of radiation called fast radio bursts could be launched when neutron stars collide and merge, gravitational wave detections indicate.
James Webb telescope discovers the 4 oldest galaxies in the universe, born just 300 million years after the Big Bang
By Briley Lewis published
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have detected the four oldest galaxies in the known universe, which are forming stars much faster than thought possible.
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