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A high-flying space telescope is shedding light on where some of the basic building blocks for life may have originated…
At one time or another, all science enthusiasts have heard the late Carl Sagan's infamous words: "We are made of…
Fall will soon be at our doorstep. But before the leaves change colors and the smell of pumpkin fills our…
What a stunning view of this dark region of space! This image, by astrophotographer Callum Hayton shows LDN 673, a…
Precisely dating a star can have important consequences for understanding stellar evolution and any circling exoplanets. But it’s one of…
One has never been spotted for sure in the wild jungle of strange stellar objects out there, but astronomers now…