Our Mysterious Universe Still Evades Cosmological Understanding

Our Mysterious Universe Still Evades Cosmological Understanding

Science can uncover new knowledge, but it can also reveal what we don’t understand. New research is shedding light on a cosmological mystery that’s been brewing since the 1920s. The mystery involves the make-up and ...
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Artist’s Impression of Kilonova Progenitor Star System

NOIRLab: First Kilonova Progenitor System Identified

Astronomers using the SMARTS 1.5-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile, a Program of NSF's NOIRLab, have uncovered the first example of a phenomenally rare type of binary star system, one that has ...
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Astronomers have released a gargantuan survey of the galactic plane of the Milky Way.

NOIRLab: Billions of Celestial Objects Revealed in Gargantuan Survey of the Milky Way

Astronomers have released a gargantuan survey of the galactic plane of the Milky Way. The new dataset contains a staggering 3.32 billion celestial objects — arguably the largest such catalog so far ...
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STScI: Hubble Finds Hungry Black Hole Twisting Captured Star Into Donut Shape

STScI: Hubble Finds Hungry Black Hole Twisting Captured Star Into Donut Shape

Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have recorded a star's final moments in detail as it gets gobbled up by a black hole ...
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STScI: NASA’s Webb Confirms Its First Exoplanet

STScI: NASA’s Webb Confirms Its First Exoplanet

Researchers confirmed an exoplanet, a planet that orbits another star, using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope for the first time ...
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STScI: NASA’s Webb Reveals an Exoplanet Atmosphere as Never Seen Before

STScI: NASA’s Webb Reveals an Exoplanet Atmosphere as Never Seen Before

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope just scored another first: a molecular and chemical profile of a distant world’s skies.While Webb and other space telescopes, including NASA's Hubble and Spitzer, previously have revealed isolated ingredients of ...
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