The stellar formation area has a peculiar section of compounds
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Largest galaxies were aligned ten billion years ago
Ancient light from the distant structures can tell us more about the early universe
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The making of TRAPPIST-1’s Earth-sized planets uncovered
The system has seven planets as big as our world that orbit close to their star
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Astronomers study volatile stellar eruption dating back almost 1000 years
The explosive behaviour of R Aquarii can tell us about the two stars that comprise the system
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Exoplanet found to be hotter than most stars
A new ‘hot Jupiter’ has been discovered and it possesses some infernal conditions
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Galactic nucleus discovered to be ‘heavily obscured’
The nucleus of NGC 7582 is obstructed by gas and dust, but how does this occur?
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LIGO detects gravitational waves for the third time
This is the most distant gravitational wave source detected yet
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New mysterious object found in familiar galaxy
Radio observations of Cygnus A show an unusual object near the centre, not shown in prior radio observations.
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Telescope array detects its first radio burst
Australia’s ASKAP has already found a Fast Radio Burst (FRB), just days after the project began
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Astronomers have made the largest map of the universe yet
Using the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), the first map of the large-scale structure of the universe has been created – based entirely on the positions of quasars
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Exoplanet with density of Styrofoam discovered 320 light years away
Puffed-up planet KELT-11b could help astronomers understand the evolution of highly-inflated worlds
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Astronomers witness jet erupting from young failed star
Using the SOAR telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, astronomers have reported the discovery of a spectacular extended jet from a young brown dwarf
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Rapidly changing winds reveal secrets of hot giant exoplanet
The winds on HAT-P-7b are changing significantly, helping us to understand the magnetic fields of heated gas planets
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Supermassive black holes ‘hide’ when galaxies merge
As galaxies prepare to collide, their central black holes become concealed with gas and dust
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Rosetta’s comet produces breathable oxygen
A Caltech scientist has just figured out how gaseous oxygen is produced on Comet 67P, based on data collected by Rosetta’s Philae lander in 2014
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Is space created as the universe expands?
We have the answer to this intriguing question
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Hubble image release: Spacecraft spots a lonely starburst galaxy
The cosmic structure is experiencing an extraordinarily high rate of star formation
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Hubble shows the Crab Nebula as never seen before in new image
New shot reveals the beating heart of one of the most visually appealing, and most studied, supernova remnants
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VIDEO: If space was full of air, this is what the stars would sound like
The universe would be a noisy place if it wasn’t a vacuum
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Could an exploding star kill all life on Earth?
We find out if a supernova could kick-start a mass extinction