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Boring Star Is Really a Stripped, Pulsating Core In the Sky, Scientists Say
The star, which at first glance "looks like a typical star in the solar neighborhood, is anything else but normal,” scientists say.
Listen to the Eerie Sound of Black Hole 'Echoes' for the First Time
Scientists used a “reverberation machine” to listen in on the mind-boggling dynamics surrounding black holes.
Scientists Discover Most Distant Alien Galaxy, and It Defies Explanation
At 13.5 billion light-years from Earth, a galaxy called HD1 is on the cosmic frontier.
Scientists Discover Most Distant Star That Humans Have Ever Seen
"Earendel" was spotted about 900 million years after the universe was born, making it by far the most distant star ever seen.
Scientists Find Unexplained Waves Inside the Sun That Defy Known Physics
The undetermined nature of the newly discovered waves promises "novel physics" about the Sun and stars, reports a new study.
A Cosmic Web Connecting the Universe Shapes Dark Matter in Galaxies, Study Finds
Galaxies located at cosmic web “nodes” assemble dark matter earlier, and are more enriched with heavy elements, compared with those that are further away.
A Vast ‘Faint Universe’ of Rogue Stars Is Revealing Dark Matter
Stars that have been kicked out of their galaxies preserve a cosmic “fossil record,” according to a new study.
Scientists Have Finally Seen What Happens to Shredded Worlds in Deep Space
The luminous moment that a dead star swallows the torn-up remains of its planetary bodies has been witnessed for the first time.
Scientists Discover Enormous Sphere-Shaped Void In Space
The "Per-Tau shell," which extends for nearly 500 light years, solves a big mystery and has implications for astrophysics as a whole.
A Quarter of Stars Like Our Sun Eat Their Planets, Study Finds
Stars show chemical traces of past "planetary ingestion" that can be used to search for Earth-like planets.
Scientists Find Solar Systems Undergoing the Same Mysterious Process as Ours
A radioactive isotope profoundly affected the origin and evolution of our solar system. Now, scientists have spotted it in a system of budding stars.
How the Fastest Spaceship Ever Is Getting Terrifyingly Close to the Sun
Adam Szabo and Betsy Congdon, two leads on the Parker Solar Probe, discuss the mission’s discoveries and its daredevil future.