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The James Webb Space Telescope has turned its infrared gaze on a nearby stellar nursery and uncovered a haunting population ...

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A handheld device invented by University of Delaware physics professor Spencer Axani could democratize ...

Optical proof of a tiny companion orbiting supergiant star Betelgeuse is hard to come by. Hubble just spotted new evidence.

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Astronomers found an interstellar "tunnel" - a cosmic channel that connects our solar system to distant stars, according to a ...