Known as blue straggler stars, these age-defying celestial objects have mystified astronomers for more than 70 years. "Blue ...

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The James Webb Space Telescope has confirmed the most distant, early galaxy in the known universe. The new contender, MoM-z14, is visible just 280 million years after the Big Bang.

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Synchrotron radiation has revealed a star map made by the ancient astronomer Hipparchus that was thought to be lost to time ...

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Located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, WOH G64 is a red supergiant and one of the most luminous, dust-enshrouded stars in its ...

As gas falls toward a black hole, it heats up and shines. If the glow becomes intense enough, it can push incoming gas away. Astronomers call this balancing point the Eddington limit, and for decades ...

Michael Aranda sits in for Hank to talk about the forces of nature that conspired to form Typhoon Haiyan, the strongest ...