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The First 3,200-Megapixel Camera Has Shot the Sky. In Just 10 Hours, It Did What Would Have Taken Years

The First 3,200-Megapixel Camera Has Shot the Sky. In Just 10 Hours, It Did What Would Have Taken Years

Space

During its inaugural use, it discovered 2,104 new asteroids.

Einstein Was Right: Astronomers Discover a ‘Dark Matter Bridge’ Using His Predictions

Einstein Was Right: Astronomers Discover a ‘Dark Matter Bridge’ Using His Predictions

Space

The recent finding addresses a mystery surrounding the Perseus cluster.

Scientists Spent Six Years Processing Images of Black Holes Just to Prove Something: Einstein Was Right

Scientists Spent Six Years Processing Images of Black Holes Just to Prove Something: Einstein Was Right

Space

The first image of black hole M87* faced skepticism, but a second image confirms its accuracy.

NASA Knows Exactly What It Wants to Do With Starship: Launch a Super Hubble Telescope Dedicated to Searching for Extraterrestrial Life

NASA Knows Exactly What It Wants to Do With Starship: Launch a Super Hubble Telescope Dedicated to Searching for Extraterrestrial Life

Space

The Hubble Space Telescope will have a much bigger and more powerful successor. Few rockets are capable of launching it.

Astronomers Capture a Close-Up Image of a Star Outside of Our Galaxy for the First Time in History

Astronomers Capture a Close-Up Image of a Star Outside of Our Galaxy for the First Time in History

Space

Eight telescopes at the European Southern Observatory collaborated to take a groundbreaking image of a star beyond the Milky Way galaxy.

For the First Time in History, Astronomers Are Seeing a Black Hole Waking Up in Real-Time

For the First Time in History, Astronomers Are Seeing a Black Hole Waking Up in Real-Time

Space

In December 2019, a previously unremarkable, distant galaxy began to glow brightly. Astronomers now understand why.

We’re Receiving Radio Signals From Space. They Repeat Every 54 Minutes and Physics Can’t Explain Them

We’re Receiving Radio Signals From Space. They Repeat Every 54 Minutes and Physics Can’t Explain Them

Space

What sets these signals apart is that they intermittently go through three very different states.

We’ve Just Managed to Photograph Io Like Never Before. The New Photos Let Us Keep Track of Its Volcanic Activity From Earth

We’ve Just Managed to Photograph Io Like Never Before. The New Photos Let Us Keep Track of Its Volcanic Activity From Earth

Space

With this new image, we can distinguish changes as small as 50 miles wide.

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