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Most normal matter in the universe isn’t found in planets, stars or galaxies – an astronomer explains where it’s distributed
If you look at space through a telescope, you will see countless galaxies, most of which contain large central black ...
Supermassive dark matter stars may be lurking in the early universe
Exotic stars could be powered by dark matter remotevfx/Getty Images We may have seen the first hints of the existence ...
Moravian stars light up Germany’s Christmas season
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Astronomers may have glimpsed evidence of the biggest stars ever seen
An artist's impression of Population III stars 100 million years after the Big Bang. NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva/Space Engine/M. Period The ...
Mystery deepens as isolated galaxy forms stars with no obvious fuel
A galaxy called NGC 6789, as seen with the 2-meter twin telescope. Ignacio Trujillo et al. 2025 About 12 million ...
Huge cloud of plasma belched out by star 130 light years away
Artist's impression of a coronal mass ejection on a star Elena Shmakhalo/Collingham and others. A cloud of plasma ejected by ...
Brightest black hole flare ever caused by huge star being ripped apart
A supermassive black hole in the process of destroying a huge star Caltech/R. Painful (IPAC) Astronomers have spotted the brightest ...
Black hole unleashes brightest flare ever—brighter than 10 trillion suns
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We may have found a surprisingly nearby cluster of primordial stars
An artist's impression of Population III stars as they might appear 100 million years after the Big Bang. NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da ...
Astronomers’ telescope ‘hack’ uncovered a lopsided star
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