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See The Milky Way's Sagittarius A* Black Hole In An Amazing Polarized Event Horizon Telescope Image
Image of the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*). from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration "has uncovered strong and organised magnetic fields spiralling from its edge," ...
Fastest exoplanet ever is dragged through space at 1.2 million mph by hypervelocity star
Astronomers have discovered what seems to be a star racing through the Milky Way at 1.2 million mph, dragging a Neptune-sized ...
4,000 Supernovae May Change Everything We Know About Dark Energy
A stunning new discovery reveals that white dwarf stars — once thought to explode in predictable ways — actually detonate through an astonishing variety of mechanisms. From star cannibalism to violent ...
From collisions to stellar cannibalism—the surprising diversity of exploding white dwarfs
Astrophysicists have unearthed a surprising diversity in the ways in which white dwarf stars explode in deep space after assessing almost 4,000 such events captured in detail by a next-gen ...
One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies?
In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small and in the Milky Way, while Curtis took a more radical position that they ...
9 Brilliant Astronomy Events to Be Sure to See This Year
From supermoons to an eclipse and star parties at national parks, these captivating celestial phenomena will get Americans ...
'Stranded' Starliner astronauts finally have a return date — and it's sooner than expected
NASA will send astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams home from the International Space Station early on a previously ...