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Hundreds of 'ghost stars' haunt the Milky Way's center. Scientists may finally know why.
Ghostly nebulas created by exploding stars appear to align in the Milky Way's bulging center. Astronomers may finally know why.
Scientists think they saw an asteroid crash into a dead star — and release one of the brightest explosions in the universe
Astronomers proposed a new mechanism behind mysterious fast radio bursts (FRBs), and it involves unlucky asteroids crashing into neutron stars.
James Webb telescope detects the earliest strand in the 'cosmic web' ever seen
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a clump of ancient galaxies that may be the oldest strand of the "cosmic web" ever detected.
5 fascinating facts about the Big Bang, the theory that defines the history of the universe
From the Catholic priest who pioneered it, to how we can (almost) see it, here are 5 fascinating facts about the Big Bang.
James Webb telescope discovers carbon compounds crucial to life in star system 1,000 light-years from Earth
An infant star system contains the basic building block for organic chemistry, new James Webb Space Telescope images reveal.
Are we really all made of stars?
Carl Sagan famously proclaimed that humans are 'made of star stuff'. Here's what he meant — and why it's true.
This collapsed star is turning into a gigantic diamond before our eyes
Scientists have found a white dwarf that is cooling and crystallizing into a giant diamond.
Largest explosion since the Big Bang was powered by a bizarre energy jet unlike any other
The enormous gamma-ray burst, called the Brightest Of All Time (or BOAT), may be powered by its strange jet structure, scientists say.
Enormous structure discovered near doomed galaxy group is the longest galactic 'tail' ever seen
The 1.5-million-light-year-long gas trail was caused by a group of galaxies moving 3 million miles per hour
James Webb Space Telescope discovers oldest organic molecules in the known universe, 12 billion light-years from Earth
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope discovered evidence of complex organic molecules in a galaxy 12.3 billion light-years away — the furthest and oldest ever detected.
