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August 30, 2018

This ancient 'monster' galaxy should have destroyed itself

There's a monster out there. It's far away, buried deep in the past. But scientists can see it. And thanks to a new international imaging project, they've begun to understand it, too.

August 28, 2018

E.T., phone Earth? How neutron-star crashes could help aliens call us

The first-ever observations of merging binary stars stunned the astronomy community last year, but not quite as much as the first-ever signal from extraterrestrial life might someday stun the world.

August 22, 2018

Physicists think they've spotted the ghosts of black holes from another universe

We are not living in the first universe. There were other universes, in other eons, before ours, a group of physicists has said. Like ours, these universes were full of black holes. And we can detect traces of those long-dead black holes in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) 鈥� the radioactive remnant of our universe's violent birth.

August 22, 2018

Monster black hole 'feeding frenzy' hides hundreds of galaxies in new photo

Scientists have found hundreds of galaxies hiding in plain sight, cloaked by the light emitted from an extremely active supermassive black hole.

August 17, 2018

Sprawling galaxy cluster discovered 'hiding in plain sight'

Scientists at MIT have discovered a galaxy cluster that they say is 鈥渉iding in plain sight.鈥�

August 16, 2018

Omega Centauri is a terrible place to look for habitable planets

Omega Centauri may be the brightest among the dense collections of stars known as globular clusters, but it probably doesn't contain many habitable worlds, a new study suggests.

August 15, 2018

This strange nebula looks inside out and born-again

The nebula of a dying star has a "inside-out" appearance, scientists announced in a new study 鈥� and this may be our sun's ultimate fate.

August 14, 2018

Supermassive black hole found in tiny galaxy, wowing researchers

A supermassive black hole has been found at the center of a tiny galaxy, a rare find. What makes the discovery even more unique is that it has been located in an ultracompact dwarf galaxy, stunning researchers.

August 14, 2018

Perseid meteor shower 2018 in pictures

Pictures show the stunning 2018 Perseid meteor shower.

August 14, 2018

The origins of the 'OMG particle'

Right now, as you read this very text, your DNA is getting sliced up by tiny, invisible bullets. The damage-dealers are known as cosmic rays, even though they are absolutely not rays 鈥� but the name stuck from a historical misunderstanding. Instead, they're particles: electrons and protons, mostly, but occasionally heavier things like helium or even iron nuclei.