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There are so many colorful streaks in that image above that you'd be forgiven for thinking somebody is shooting lasers…
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When it's a brown dwarf -- but where do we draw the line? Often called "failed stars," brown dwarfs are…
Circinus X-1 may look like a serene place from a distance, but in reality this gassy nebula is quite a…
That spooky hand in the image above is producing questions for scientists. While the shape only coincidentally looks like a…