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"Until now, it was unknown what type of star would remain after the merger." ...

Astronomers have confirmed the earliest barred spiral galaxy in the universe, a Milky-Way-like structure that existed just 2 ...

We now have direct images of two supermassive black holes: M87* and Sag A*. The fact that we can capture such images is ...

The neural network approach uses multiple or “deep” layers that learn to identify increasingly complex features in data. The ...

The Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Delaware is a vibrant hub of scientific inquiry, encompassing a diverse range of research areas that push the boundaries of human ...

After a string of dramatic failures, the huge Starship rocket from SpaceX had a fully successful test on Oct. 13, 2025. A couple more test flights, and SpaceX plans to launch it into orbit.

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Description: In 1965, MIT's Lincoln Laboratory saw their Lincoln Calibration Sphere 1 (LCS-1) launched into Earth orbit. It ...

The night sky has long sparked wonder and curiosity. Early civilizations studied the stars and tracked celestial events, predicted eclipses and used their observations to construct calendars, develop ...

Winter weather has forced the annual 2-day event which draws thousands to the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences to be ...