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Exoplanet Discoveries Pass the 6,000 Mark, Shedding Light on How Our Solar System Compares to the Rest of the Universe
The rate of finding these distant worlds has recently increased, with astronomers scrambling to accommodate the data ...
For scientists, learning more about how black holes behave is essential to understanding how the universe works. A recent ...
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Giant Hand Stretches 150 Light-Years Across Space
Our satellites keep finding unusual space objects. Sometimes we know what causes these incredible objects in space, but ...
Exoplanets are worlds outside our solar system. Just over three decades ago, the first exoplanets were confirmed by Aleksander Wolszczan and Dale Frail. Now, with the aid of Nasa spacecraft and ...
In 1925, Edwin Hubble's observation of Cepheid variables in the Andromeda galaxy revolutionized astronomy, proving the ...
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Ten years ago, gravitational waves changed astronomy. A new discovery shows there's more to come
Ten years ago, scientists heard the universe rumble for the first time. That first discovery of gravitational waves proved a ...
AI is rewriting the laws of physics, uncovering hidden forces, and reshaping our understanding of the universe. Discover the ...
The two keys to Edwin Hubble's breakthrough discovery were forged by others in the 1910s. The first key, the period-luminosity scale discovered by Henrietta Leavitt, allowed astronomers to calculate ...
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