Up until recently, astronomy was reliant entirely on electromagnetic waves. While that changed with the confirmation of ...

Black holes are fundamental to the structure of galaxies and critical in our understanding of gravity, space, and time. A ...

Kohoutek 4-55 is a dazzling planetary nebula captured in vivid color by the Hubble Space Telescope. Formed by the dramatic ...

Astronomers have long predicted that two orbiting white dwarfs are the cause of most type 1a supernova explosions. While the ...

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