The Star That Proved the Universe Is Bigger Than We Imagined
Pinpointing a Milepost Marker Star that Opened the Realm of Galaxies At the dawn of the 20th century, astronomers faced a ...
How to see the planets align: We show when and where to view
Stargazers will be treated to a dazzling six-planet "alignment" this January.
Seven planets are lining up in the sky next month. This is what it really means
Stargazers will be treated to a rare seven-planet alignment in February. This is what scientists hope to learn.
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A young star may soon disappear: Inside the great dimming of T Tauri
One of the most notable baby stars in the galaxy, T Tauri, could be about to vanish from sight for decades as a thick, ...
Beautifully Detailed Webb Image Shows ‘Shelled’ Star on the Verge of Death
A star system 5,000 light-years from Earth, surrounded by layers of dust, could help scientists better understand the final ...
Two mysterious fast radio bursts originated from wildly different places in space
Astronomers have traced two mysterious fast radio bursts from space to wildly different places, which suggests the phenomenon ...
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'Enticing empire of stars:' See Andromeda galaxy in newly released NASA images
Observations show Andromeda has a more active star formation history than the Milky Way, potentially due to a past galactic collision. NASA recently released images of the Andromeda galaxy ...
One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies? 100 years ago, a young Edwin Hubble settled astronomy’s ‘Great Debate’
In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small and in the Milky Way, while Curtis took a more radical position that they ...
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Hubble Telescope images combined into giant mosaic of neighboring Andromeda Galaxy
Astronomers are celebrating the completion of a 2.5-billion-pixel panoramic picture of the entire Andromeda Galaxy. The team includes several UC Santa Cruz researchers who made significant ...