Faint structures play a crucial role in cosmic development, and scientists are only just beginning to grasp their full extent and role in shaping the universe.
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As global tensions rise, the island has become a geopolitical pressure gauge, revealing how the old international legal order is beginning to fray.
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Astronomers have spotted a heart in the cosmos — not Cupid’s doing, but a dying star shedding its layers — just in time for Valentine’s Day.
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Scientists have named two systems of colliding supermassive black holes after Lord of the Rings locations, Gondor and Rohan.
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A mysterious object has caused a long-lasting and extreme dimming of a distant star, but is this object a ‘failed star’ brown dwarf, or an exceptionally massive super-Jupiter exoplanet?
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We take a look at the best (and worst) places to ski in the solar system, logistics aside.
Astronomers have discovered a planetary system that appears to flip one of astronomy’s most reliable rules on its head.
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Astronomers tracked a star in Andromeda as it dimmed and vanished without the usual fiery explosion, offering rare clues to how black holes form.
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New research suggests that the heart of the Milky Way may be dominated by a dense clump of dark matter rather than the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A*.
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