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Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have uncovered a trove of complex organic molecules frozen in ice around a ...

Earth and the surrounding Milky Way galaxy may be sitting inside a cosmic void—a "mysterious giant hole"—that could be speeding up the universe's expansion in our region compared to others, This is ...

Our Milky Way galaxy never sits still: it rotates and wobbles. And now, data from the European Space Agency's Gaia space telescope reveal that our galaxy also has a giant wave rippling outwards from ...

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Gamma ray bursts are some of the most powerful explosions in the universe, unleashing as much energy in mere seconds as the Sun will in its entire 10 billion year lifespan. Typically, they’re produced ...

August has been a month jam-packed with cosmic phenomena visible from Earth – from nebulas to meteor showers to planetary conjunctions. But the month isn't over yet. And now, add to the mix one of the ...

The location of the area of focus for this research in the Milky Way galaxy is shown above, along with a previously unknown maser. Credit: Image credits as noted, collage created by NSF/AUI/NSF NRAO/P ...

Astronomers have found a galaxy 13.1 billion light-years from Earth, making it officially the most distant object ever detected.