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The Milky Way's 'thick disk' is 2 billion years older than scientists thought
By Brandon Specktor published
Astronomers have found that part of the MIlky Way known as the thick disk is about 2 billion years older than expected, forming just 0.8 billion years after the Big Bang.
NASA caught a dead star spewing antimatter across space in dazzling new image
By Mindy Weisberger published
A relatively small pulsar (a dense, collapsed and rapidly-spinning star) belched out a giant filament containing matter and antimatter particles that streamed for trillions of miles.
The sun: Facts about the bright star at the center of the solar system
By Robert Lea published
Reference The sun is the solar system's central star and enables all life on Earth to exist and flourish.
The closest black hole to Earth is no more — in fact, it never existed
By Brandon Specktor published
Astronomers who detected the 'closest black hole to Earth' were tricked by a cosmic illusion, new study shows
2 stars covered in unusual elements have a puzzling origin story
By Harry Baker published
Two new studies have identified a bizarre new type of pre-white dwarf stars covered in carbon and oxygen, which could indicate they were born in rare stellar mergers.
'Cosmic monster' star spits energy with the force of a billion suns
By Mindy Weisberger published
Scientists just collected the first measurements of violent eruptions in extremely dense magnetic stars called magnetars.
The 10 strangest space structures discovered in 2021
By Brandon Specktor published
The closer we look at the universe, the more beautiful and baffling it becomes. Here are the 10 most epic space structures discovered in 2021.
In a historic launch, the Webb Telescope blasts off into space
By Mindy Weisberger published
An international partnership of space agencies just launched JWST, the biggest, most powerful space telescope ever made, in an achievement that was decades in the making.
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