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Astronomers Just Found a Half-Million Light Year Long Stream in the Early Universe

ByJeff Nagle

The enormous structure is made of cold carbon.

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Look! Astronomers Capture Stunning Image of an Intergalactic Hit and Run

ByKiona Smith

Galactic collisions usually result in huge bursts of star formation, but the head-on crash between the Taffy Galaxies is different.

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Astronomers Use the Last Light of the Big Bang to Solve a Galactic Mystery

ByKiona Smith

Check out this cool astrophysics trick!

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Astronomers Use Optical Illusion to Unveil a Gargantuan Black Hole

ByJennifer Walter

30 billion times the mass of the Sun.

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New Study Suggests One Aspect of Space Travel Can Accelerate Aging

ByJon Kelvey

The microgravity environment could hasted age-related issues.

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Webb Telescope Makes a Discouraging Discovery at TRAPPIST-1 — Is There Still Hope for Life?

ByKiona Smith

On TRAPPIST-1b, no one can hear you scream (because there is no air, according to a recent study).

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How For All Mankind’s Costume Designer Crafted a Real-Life Spacesuit

ByDais Johnston

From Apple TV+ to NASA.

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Shiny Glass Beads Reveal How the Moon ‘Recharges’ Its Water

ByDoris Elín Urrutia

Multicolored glass beads that China's Chang'e-5 mission collected from the Moon are revealing clues about an ongoing lunar water cycle.

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A Controversial Rocket Technology Could Challenge a Basic Law of Physics

ByUniverse Today and Matt Williams

It could usher in a future of fuel-free space vehicles.

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Sorry, Star Trek Fans: This Sci-fi Exoplanet Doesn’t Actually Exist

ByMatt Williams and Universe Today

The false-positive exoplanet has stirred up controversy since 2018.

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Alien Fossils Could Be Hiding in Meteorites on Earth — Study

ByJeff Nagle

The new study suggests looking at the bottom of the ocean or elsewhere for traces of microbial life.

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Watching: Stunning Video Gives You a Virtual Tour of Mars Rover’s Journey

ByJennifer Walter

Welcome to the rover’s crib.

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The Webb Telescope Just Spotted A Torrential Sandstorm on This Bizarre Planet

ByDoris Elín Urrutia

Meet VHS 1256 b, a planet that almost became a star, which takes 10,000 years to orbit its two stars.

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800 Million Years Ago, One Crucial Element Led to an Explosion in Complex Life

ByJennifer Walter

It could also help us search for life on distant planets.

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New Study Proposes Why an Interstellar Object Suddenly Accelerated — And It’s Not Aliens

ByKiona Smith

A recent study proposes a non-alien explanation for interstellar object Oumuamua's weird behavior in 2018.

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Key Ingredients for Life Found in Sample Retrieved from Near-Earth Asteroid

ByDoris Elín Urrutia

We may owe a debt of gratitude to the primordial asteroids that visited Earth billions of years ago.