Astronomers know these blobs of stars as globular clusters, and they've been trying to decipher exactly how these stellar neighborhoods come into existence and evolve through time.Now, an ...
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The spiral arms of nearby galaxy Messier 81 is captured by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. This galaxy is easily visible ...
"Very little is known about what causes the formation of magnetars," researcher Kritti Sharma said. "Our work helps to answer this question." ...
Scientists have discovered more clues about the birth of fast radio bursts (FRBs) emitted from distant galaxies whose origins ...
This list of commonly confused terms in astronomy will help you better understand the cosmos and the common phenomena we see in the sky.
The universe is filled with galaxies, including our own Milky Way. When pictured, galaxies appear like fairly set areas with ...
The European Southern Observatory captured a Halloween-themed image of the Dark Wolf Nebula, a hauntingly dense cloud of ...
If you need to stare into an abyss, it might as well be beautiful.
Growing up in Long Beach, California, his parents adhered to a creationist view of the universe. But young Koerner caught ...
Since its launch, the James Webb Space Telescope has identified early galaxies that shine unexpectedly brightly, suggesting ...