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Do Ancient Coins Record the Supernova of 1054?
64 Radio Telescopes Come Together to act as a Single Giant Observatory
The MeerKAT array just combined the power of its 64 radio telescopes to create a single telescope, which is already allowing for cutting-edge cosmological research!
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Plenty of Examples That Giant Galaxies Like the Milky Way Formed Through Mergers
Chinese Astronomers Detect an Interesting (But NOT Alien) Signal With the FAST Radio Observatory
Unfortunately, China's 500-Meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) did NOT detect possible alien signals, only radio interference from Earth.
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This Tiny Dot is one of the Biggest, Most Active Galaxy Superclusters Ever Seen. It Was Already a Monster Shortly After the Big Bang
Another few Weeks of Observations Could Tell us if the Wow! Signal Repeats
The famous Wow Signal might be a repeating radio burst, and astronomers might soon prove it.
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Charon's Red Cap at its North Pole? We Might Have an Answer
A Totally new View of the Large Magellanic Cloud (and more!) From Retired Telescopes
Could We Use Mars as a Base for Asteroid Mining?
Gaia's Massive Third Data Release is out!
The third Gaia Data Release (DR3) has been released, and is already leading to some major breakthroughs in astronomy!
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This Bizarre Terrain on Mars is Caused by Water Ice and Carbon Dioxide
The Moon Could Have Gathered Some of its Water from the Earth's Atmosphere
Want to Own a Meteorite from Geoff Notkin's Personal Collection?
Samples of Asteroid Ryugu Contain More Than 20 Amino Acids
The samples obtained by Hayabusa2 have revealed that the Near Earth Asteroid Ryugu contains 20 strains of amino acids - the buildings blocks of life!
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Once Again, Galaxies Look Surprisingly Mature Shortly After the Beginning of the Universe
Fire Acts Strangely in Microgravity. Astronauts Have Lit More Than 1,500 Fires on the Space Station to Figure Out Why
A Rare Repeating Fast Radio Burst Gives Astronomers a Chance to Study These Mysterious Objects
An international team has come up with a new explanation for Fast Radio Bursts based on their study of a "newborn" neutron star
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This is What the Metal Asteroid Psyche Might Look Like
Using the Sun as a Gravitational Lens Would Let Us See Exoplanets With Incredible Resolution
Two New Rocky Planets Discovered Close to the Solar System
