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Large Water Reservoirs at the Dawn of Stellar Birth
ESA’s Herschel space observatory has discovered enough water vapor to fill Earth’s oceans more than 2000 times over, in...
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Astronomers Discover Star Racing Around Black Hole at Center of Our Galaxy
UCLA astronomers report the discovery of a remarkable star that orbits the enormous black hole at the center of...
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Hubble Captures Extraordinary View of Universe
The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has produced one of its most extraordinary views of the Universe to date. Called...
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Humongous, Gassy Halo Found Surrounding Milky Way
Our galaxy — and the nearby Large and Small Magellanic Clouds as well — appears to be surrounded by...
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Dark Energy Camera Snaps First Images Ahead of Survey
The highest-resolution camera ever built has begun its quest to pin down the mysterious stuff that makes up nearly...
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First Planets Found Around Sun-Like Stars in a Cluster
NASA-funded astronomers have, for the first time, spotted planets orbiting sun-like stars in a crowded cluster of stars. The...
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Planets Can Form in the Galactic Center
At first glance, the center of the Milky Way seems like a very inhospitable place to try to form...
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Two Galaxies Make Strange Traveling Pair, but Do They Interact?
An unusual pair of galaxies travel through the interstellar cosmos in this striking image obtained by NASA’s Hubble Space...
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NASA’s WISE Survey Uncovers Millions Of Black Holes
NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission has led to a bonanza of newfound supermassive black holes and extreme...
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Building Blocks of Life Found Around Young Star
A team of astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has spotted sugar molecules in the gas surrounding...