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astronomers stunned by ever recorded — the astounding came from a galaxy 2 billion light-years away and defies explanation
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2023-03-29

Astronomers detect a radio signal from the most distant galaxy ever captured from Earth, 8.8 billion light years away
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2023-03-29

In 2011, astronomers discovered that the remains of a star 40 times more massive than the Sun have given birth to a magnetar, instead of a as it was expected. https://t.co/IPSj1DX9li https://t.co/16n6wWDuT4

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2023-03-04

Astronomers using have detected new aurorae on Jupiter's 4 largest moons - Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto - adding fresh insight into the makeup of their atmospheres👉 https://t.co/5uLzjqy1mt

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2023-02-17

‘engine’ of luminous pinpointed for the first time — astronomers have used the to reveal, for the first time, the exact location of the source powering galaxies
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2023-02-09

📷 Reflections on the 1970s The 1970s are sometimes ignored by astronomers, like this beautiful grouping of reflection nebulae in Orion - NGC 1977, NGC 1975, and NGC 1973 - usually overlooked in favor of the substantial glow from the nearby... https://t.co/PPTL2lE7rX

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2023-02-08

A huge party crest commission of astronomers gold and dragons bone for campaign, Vox Arcanum! Thank you so much for the opportunity to work on this - I think it’s turned out rlly cool!

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2023-01-31

New
Astronomers detect a gigantic neutron star that existed for only a fraction of a second
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2023-01-22

New
Astronomers detect a gigantic neutron star that existed for only a fraction of a second
More: https://t.co/2B7kaFab3u

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2023-01-15

the seven-year photobomb: distant star's dimming was likely a 'dusty' companion getting in the way, astronomers say
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2023-01-13

astronomers just got an unusually at a devouring a
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2023-01-03

New
A star collides with a black hole detected by astronomers
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2022-12-20

Astronomers say exoplanet WD 1145+017 b is the smallest exoplanetary object ever discovered; exobiologists disagree: it simply *looks* small because its one denizen is the galaxy's largest exodachshund, roughly the size of Neptune

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2022-11-28

Over two thirds of prominent stars known in the night sky have Arabic names. This is due to the stellar navigational skills of Muslim astronomers 1000 years ago, who made considerable advances in the study of astronomy

A thread on stars & the of art astronomy in Islamic history

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2022-11-21

Astronomers have found the closest black hole known to Earth, just 1,600 light-years away. It's dormant — at least for now. https://t.co/NSYbp7SXNC

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2022-11-06

Astronomers find driving

Astronomers using the have discovered an important new clue about how galaxies put the brakes on vigorous episodes of star formation through their new study of the neighboring galaxy https://t.co/rKJU4mSsXD

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2022-10-31

📷 sklogw: Interacting Galaxies Arp 273 In celebration of the 21st anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope’s deployment into space, astronomers at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Md., pointed Hubble’s eye to an especially... https://t.co/LtqNOKxnU9

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2022-10-25

really tangled up the light from a distant — astronomers witness delayed by almost *7 years* as it's warped by a
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2022-10-05