Astronomers
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Space
Astronomers Find Early Fast-Feeding Black Hole Using NASA Telescopes
A rapidly feeding black hole at the center of a dwarf galaxy in the early universe, shown in this artist’s…
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Where do fast radio bursts come from? Astronomers tie mysterious eruptions to massive galaxies
Every day, invisible to the human eye, thousands of enigmatic flashes of cosmic energy known as fast radio bursts (FRBs)…
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Astronomers spot unusually synchronized star formation’ in ancient galaxy for 1st time
Astronomers have spotted thousands of young stars huddled around the center of an ancient galaxy, all of which formed nearly…
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‘Vega continues to be unusual:’ Lack of planets around young star puzzles astronomers
A joint Hubble and James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) project to learn more about the dusty disk around the bright…
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Discoveries & Research
Astronomers discover the fastest-feeding black hole in the early universe
Using data from NASA’s JWST and Chandra X-ray Observatory, a team of U.S. National Science Foundation NOIRLab astronomers have discovered…
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Astronomers urge FCC to halt satellite megaconstellation launches
Over 100 astronomers from leading U.S. universities have signed an open letter calling for an assessment of potential impacts of…
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Astronomers detect ancient lonely quasars with murky origins
A quasar is the extremely bright core of a galaxy that hosts an active supermassive black hole at its center.…
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Astronomers prepare for once-in-a-lifetime event: A ‘new star’ in the night sky
Any day now, our night sky will host a guest star. Stargazers and astronomers around the world continue to gaze…
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Astronomers catch a glimpse of a uniquely inflated and asymmetric exoplanet
Astronomers from the University of Arizona, along with an international group of researchers, observed the atmosphere of a hot and…
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Astronomers catalog over 500 extremely powerful cosmic explosions
Astronomers have cataloged a stunning treasure trove of over 500 of the universe’s most powerful explosions. These so-called gamma-ray bursts,…
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