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Astronomers Discover Blockbuster Star They Nicknamed Barbenheimer Because ‘We’ve Never Seen Anything Like This’
Astronomers have discovered an enormous celestial entity so unusual they named it 'the Barbenheimer Star' – a moniker referring to the recent cultural phenomenon...
Astronomers Detect Oldest Black Hole Ever Observed Dating ‘From the Dawn of the Universe’
Researchers have discovered the oldest black hole ever observed, dating from the dawn of the universe, and found that it's still in the process...
Record-Breaking Fast Radio Burst from Space Alerts Astronomers to Fascinating Blob of Galaxies
A burst of radio waves from deep space—the largest ever detected—was found to have originated from a collection of tighly-packed galaxies which may be...
Astronomers Discover Hundreds of Mysterious Filaments Pointing Towards Our Milky Way’s Massive Black Hole
Astronomers have found hundreds of mysterious filaments pointing towards the Milky Way's supermassive black hole, which could uncover fresh secrets about the dark abyss...
Largest Explosion Ever Seen is Captured by Astronomers: Nothing on this Scale Witnessed Before
The largest explosion ever seen has been captured by astronomers—more than 10 times brighter than any known supernova, and 3 times brighter than the...
Astronomers Solve the 60-Year Mystery of Quasars – the Most Powerful Objects in the Universe
Scientists have unlocked one of the biggest mysteries of quasars – the brightest, most powerful objects in the Universe – by discovering that they...
Astronomers Observe 2 Neutron Stars Colliding and the Extreme Reaction ‘Defies All Expectations’
Astronomers just finished putting into words the first observation of a "kilonova," or the merger of two neutron stars.
The scientists described it as the...
Eight Mysterious Radio Signals Uncovered by Astronomers Using AI Could Be Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Astronomers have picked up eight mysterious radio signals that could be coming from aliens sending messages with technology more advanced than our own.
The electromagnetic...
Most Distant Stars in Milky Way Detected by Astronomers
Astronomers have identified 208 different stars just under 1 million light years from the center of the Milky Way, placing a pretty convincing stellar...
Black Hole Found Shredding a Nearby Star into ‘Spaghetti’ is Pivotal Moment for Astronomers
An intermediate-mass black hole lurking undetected in a dwarf galaxy revealed itself to astronomers when it gobbled up an unlucky star that strayed too...
Astronomers Find A Fluffy Planet With the Density of a Marshmallow
Astronomers have found a planet with the average density of a marshmallow.
Along with being a big softie, scientists found that the Jupiter-sized exoplanet would...
Galaxy Twinkling with Universe’s Oldest Stars Discovered by Astronomers
The James Webb Space Telescope recently made its debut with the "Deep Field" image, but as we are absorbed by the beautiful colors of...
Astronomers Detect Radio Pattern ‘Like a Heartbeat’ From a Galaxy Far Away
(Written by Jennifer Chu, MIT News)
Astronomers at MIT—and universities in Canada and the US—have detected a strange and persistent radio signal from a far-off...
Astronomers Think They’ve Detected a ‘Dark’ Free-Floating Black Hole For the First Time
If, as astronomers believe, the death of large stars leave behind black holes, there should be hundreds of millions of them scattered throughout the...
Astronomers Discover a New Type of Star Covered in Helium Burning Ashes
A team of German astronomers, led by Professor Klaus Werner of the University of Tübingen, have discovered a strange new type of star covered...
Mysterious Object Unlike Anything Astronomers Have Seen Before Discovered
A team mapping radio waves in the Universe has discovered something unusual that releases a giant burst of energy three times an hour, and...
Astronomers Capture Black Hole Eruption Spanning 16 Times the Full Moon in the Sky
Astronomers have produced the most comprehensive image of radio emission from our nearest actively feeding supermassive black hole.
The emission is powered by a central...
Astronomers Uncover the Largest Group of Rogue Planets Yet
Rogue planets are elusive cosmic objects that have masses comparable to those of the planets in our Solar System but do not orbit a...
Thrilled Astronomers in Chile Are First to Photograph a Moon-forming Disc Around an Exoplanet
Using the ALMA (Atacama Large Millimetre/submillimeter Array), astronomers have unambiguously detected the presence of a disc around a planet outside our Solar System for...
Astronomers May Have Spotted the First Known Exoplanet in Another Galaxy
Scientists have confirmed observations of the first-ever exoplanet in another galaxy, 28 million light years away.
While this massive distance diminishes the natural mystique of...