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Arrested development: Hubble finds relic galaxy close to home

Astronomers have put NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope on an Indiana Jones-type quest to uncover an ancient ‘relic galaxy’ in our own cosmic backyard.
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Cosmologists create largest simulation of galaxy formation, break their own record

A multi-institutional team gives the cosmology community a world-class simulation to study how the universe formed. Cosmology researchers are releasing initial findings from IllustrisTNG, their follow
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Mystery of Purple Lights in Sky Solved With Help from Citizen Scientists

Citizen scientists, satellites and researchers solve the mystery of new purple lights in the sky. The lights, called STEVE, provide scientists insight into Earth’s magnetic field.
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Supersonic gas streams left over from the Big Bang drive massive black hole formation

A super-computer simulation by an international team of researchers has shown the formation of a rapidly growing star from supersonic gas streams in the early universe left over from the Big Bang. The
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Scientists detect radio echoes of a black hole feeding on a star

Signals suggest black hole emits a jet of energy proportional to the stellar material it gobbles up A scientist has detected radio echoes of a black hole feeding on a star, suggesting black hole emits
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Meteoritic stardust unlocks timing of supernova dust formation

Dust is everywhere — not just in your attic or under your bed, but also in outer space. To astronomers, dust can be a tool to study the history of our universe, galaxy, and Solar System. For ex
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NASA’s Webb Telescope to witness galactic infancy

Scientists will use NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to study sections of the sky previously observed by NASA’s Great Observatories, including the Hubble Space Telescope and the Spitzer
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Hubble Solves Cosmic ‘Whodunit’ With Interstellar Forensics

On the outskirts of our galaxy, a cosmic tug-of-war is unfolding-and only NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope can see who’s winning.
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Violent Helium Reaction on White Dwarf Surface Triggers Supernova Explosion

Astronomers have found solid evidence about what triggered a star to explode, which will contribute to a further understanding of supernova history and behavior.
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Assembly of massive galaxy cluster witnessed for the first time

For the first time, astronomers have witnessed the birth of a colossal cluster of galaxies. Their observations reveal at least 14 galaxies packed into an area only four times the diameter of the Milky
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Dark matter goes missing in oddball galaxy

Galaxies and dark matter go together like peanut butter and jelly. You typically don’t find one without the other.
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To see the first-born stars of the universe

ASU-led team aims to use new NASA space telescope to capture light from the first stars to be born in the universe..