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Astronomers capture first-ever clear image of Cosmic Web threading the Universe together
The team used the Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) on the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope in ...
Hubble Telescope captures galaxy with a hidden, active black hole inside Spiral Galaxy UGC 11397
Hubble Space Telescope snapped an image of UGC 11397, a spiral galaxy situated in the constellation Lyra, about 250 million ...
Long-dead satellite emits strong radio signal, puzzling astronomers
Astronomers in Australia picked up a strange radio signal in June 2024 — one near our planet and so powerful that, for a ...
Astronomers Find Universe’s “Missing” Matter
A vast filament of gas stretching across the cosmos may help solve the mystery of the Universe’s missing matter. Astronomers have identified a massive filament of hot gas connecting four galaxy ...
NASA’s Chandra Reveals Stunning Multi-Wavelength Image of Andromeda Galaxy
NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory provides a new look at the Andromeda galaxy in this multi-wavelength image that includes ...
Scientists look to black holes to know exactly where we are in the Universe. But phones and Wi-Fi are blocking the view
The scientists who precisely measure the position of Earth are in a bit of trouble. Their measurements are essential for the ...
Traffic Jam In Space: How Phones, WiFi Are Blocking Signals From Black Holes
The scientists who precisely measure the position of Earth are in a bit of trouble. Their measurements are essential for the ...
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Meet Jocelyn Bell Burnell, the Pioneer Who Found the First Pulsar - National Geographic
Blaze of Glory. In 1967, Bell Burnell was working with Anthony Hewish, an astronomer at Cambridge who wanted to find more quasars, which are the distant, extremely bright cores of massive galaxies.
Early visions of Mars: Meet the 19th-century astronomer who used science fiction to imagine the red planet
The second half of the 19th century was a particularly interesting time to imagine Mars. This was a period during which the ...
Scientists discover ancient radio signals from distant galaxy cluster
Astronomers detect 10 billion-year-old radio waves from a distant galaxy cluster SpARCS1049, revealing a mini-halo that ...
Black Hole Shreds Star And Has Moved On To Another Target
Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes, astronomers have found that a black hole that shredded a star has moved onto a another star or stellar black hole. Credit: NASA/CXC/A. Hoba ...