Top 10 space stories of 2024
The exoplanet K2-18 b may have an ocean of water beneath a hydrogen-rich atmosphere, as shown in this artist’s concept. ...
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Hubble Spots a Supernova – NASA Science
The subject of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is a supernova-hosting galaxy located about 600 million light-years away in ...
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Unusual spiral quasar seen dancing with a companion
The quasar J0742+2704 (center) is flanked by a small companion galaxy just to the right, and lying between the quasar ...
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A Light Echo From a Supernova Has Illuminated Interstellar Gas and Dust todayheadline
Snapshots of colorful galaxies and planets show that the beauty of our universe knows no bounds, and recent images of ...
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The early universe’s ‘Little Red Dots’ are still a big mystery
Back to Article List Found less than a billion years after the Big Bang, these massive objects are upending astronomers’ ...
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Black hole births jets, hosts white dwarf while astronomers watch
The supermassive black hole at the center of galaxy 1ES 1927+654, imagined here, hosts not only a newly birthed jet ...
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A Dazzling Burst of Radio Waves Ignited Near a Dead Star todayheadline
In a brilliant development, scientists have discerned the origins of a fast radio burst borne from the magnetic surroundings of ...
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When everything in the universe changed
The early universe bursts with first-generation star formation in this artist’s rendering. Credit: Adolf Schaller for STScI For millions of ...
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Newfound galaxy gives glimpse into the Milky Way’s past
Back to Article List The Firefly Sparkle Galaxy is the first Milky Way-sized galaxy to ever be found while still ...
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