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Record-breaking 'dark object' found hiding within a warped 'Einstein ring' 10 billion light-years awayResearchers have found a suspected clump of dark matter lurking within the luminous halo of a well-known "Einstein ring." The mysterious object, the smallest of its kind ever seen, could help shed light on the universe's missing matter.
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James Webb telescope could have spotted controversial 'dark stars' in the far universeUsing observations from the James Webb Space Telescope, astrophysicists have spotted what they say is compelling evidence of a new type of cosmic object called a 'dark star.'
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Scientists shocked to find rare 'Einstein cross' with a surprise in its centerAn image of a distant galaxy warped by a cosmic magnifying glass reveals a massive blob of dark matter hiding in plain sight.
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Scientists capture bridge of stray stars being sucked from one galaxy to anotherAstronomers spot a rare stellar bridge in Abell 3667, revealing an aggressive galaxy merger and new clues about dark matter.
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Vera C. Rubin Observatory: The groundbreaking mission to make a 10-year, time-lapse movie of the universeArmed with the world's largest digital camera, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile will take night-sky images that revolutionize astronomy.
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Echoes from the Big Bang suggest Earth is trapped inside a giant cosmic void, scientists claimAstronomers claim to have found new evidence supporting a controversial observation that our galaxy is residing in an unusually sparse region in space. If it's correct, it could rewrite cosmology.
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James Webb telescope reveals dizzying galaxies in the Bullet Cluster: Space photo of the weekThis unprecedented view of the Bullet Cluster provided by the James Webb Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory reveals how the dark matter is distributed.
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Giant radio telescope in the Nevada desert could reveal hidden corners of the cosmos — and brand-new physicsScientists say that the construction of a vast new radio telescope array in the Nevada desert — known as the Deep Synoptic Array 2000 — could uncover some of the biggest outstanding mysteries in astronomy.
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Listen to the Andromeda galaxy's stars played as musical notes in eerie NASA videoNASA's Chandra Observatory has combined different wavelength images of the Andromeda galaxy to honor astronomer Vera Rubin, and then created a music video by converting the light in those images to musical notes.
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