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Scientists Found a Raging Galactic Core From Near the Beginning of Time
The active galactic nucleus is powered by a supermassive black hole and was spotted just 670 million years after the Big Bang, making it the most distant quasar ever discovered.
Scientists Found Breathable Oxygen in Another Galaxy for the First Time
Molecular oxygen is a key component of the air humans breathe, and now astronomers have spotted it a half-billion light years away. But don't hold your breath for quasar whippets.
At Nine Billion Light Years, ‘Icarus’ Is the Most Distant Star Ever Observed
Thanks to gravitational lensing, astronomers can observe normal stars across colossal stretches of space and time.
This Huge Telescope is Built Like A Halfpipe and Hunts for Dark Energy
Dark energy is driving the accelerating expansion of the universe. No one knows what it is.
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