On the night of Oct. 5, 1923, Edwin Hubble observed a strange star that flickered in intensity at regular intervals. The star ...

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Astronomers have discovered a ghostly, million-light-year-long bridge of stars connecting two massive galaxies within the Abell 3667 cluster, 700 million light-years away. This glowing thread of ...

While nearly all massive galaxies possess central black holes, the presence of such black holes in dwarf galaxies remains an open question, with previous estimates identifying them in only 0.5% of ...

The Milky Way's satellite galaxies are less typical than previously thought. Most Milky Way-like galaxies have star-forming satellite galaxies, unlike our own. The Milky Way's unique satellite galaxy ...

James Webb and Hubble telescopes join forces to explore a cosmic nursery: Space photo of the week NASA unveils 9 stunning snapshots of the cosmos in X-ray vision: Space photo of the week James Webb ...

Astronomers have detected a colossal bridge of neutral hydrogen stretching over 185,000 lightyears between two dwarf galaxies ...

Dive into the fascinating crossroads of astronomy and astrology — where science meets symbolism, and the sky tells two very ...

From GPS to innovations in computing and optics, technologies developed for space research touch nearly every aspect of ...