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The James Webb telescope is watching one of the earliest supernovas in the universe unfoldAstronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope may have discovered a supernova erupting just 1.1 billion years after the Big Bang.
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The Milky Way is one galaxy — but it used to be thousands, new simulations revealA new supercomputer simulation traces how thousands of small galaxies eventually became the Milky Way.
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Earth is in the firing line of a strange new type of cosmic object, astronomers sayAstronomers may have discovered the first known microblazar, a long-theorized object firing a powerful beam of particles directly at Earth.
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Vera C. Rubin Observatory detects one of the smallest and faintest satellite galaxies ever seenAstronomers looking at Vera C. Rubin Observatory test data have discovered 'Aquarius IV', believed to be a brand new satellite galaxy of the Milky Way located 350,000 light-years away.
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A Harvest Moon with 5 planets on the side: Why September is the best month all year for stargazingGenerally mild weather and increasing hours of darkness make September a great month for observing, and this year, there's a particularly busy sky.
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Astronomers find water in the harsh environment near the Milky Way's black hole — Space photo of the weekSpace Photo of the Week Astronomers detected dust and water surprisingly close to the Milky Way's central black hole, Sagittarius A*, offering a rare direct view of how evolved stars may behave in hostile settings.
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Sugar found in raspberries discovered near the center of the Milky WayErythrulose, a sugar found in raspberries, was spotted in a gas and dust cloud near the center of the Milky Way.
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The Milky Way may be wider, heavier, and more lopsided than we realizedNew measurements suggest that two of the Milky Way's spiral arms are around 10% farther away from Earth than we thought. The findings may require experts to revise estimates of the total size of our home galaxy.
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60 million stars: Euclid space telescope snaps the most detailed photo of the Milky Way ever takenPlanet hunters and stargazers will both benefit from the Euclid space telescope's newest image, which was released after 26 hours of deep-space observations.
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