Science

Death by Spaghettification: ESO Telescopes Record Last Moments of Star Devoured by a Black Hole

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Massive Stars Are Factories for Ingredients to Life

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Illustration of a dusty disc rotating around a massive newborn star that’s about 40...

Hubble Observes Spectacular Supernova Time-Lapse

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The NASA/ESA’s Hubble Space Telescope has tracked the fading light of a supernova in the spiral galaxy NGC 2525, located 70...

ESO telescope spots galaxies trapped in the web of a supermassive black hole

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With the help of ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have found six galaxies lying around a supermassive black hole...

Could Life Exist Deep Underground on Mars?

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The wobbling shadow of the M87* black hole

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Astronomers Solve Mystery of How Planetary Nebulae Are Shaped

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VLBA Makes First Direct Distance Measurement to Magnetar

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Artist's conception of a magnetar -- a superdense neutron star with an extremely strong...