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Published Interpreting the afterglow of a black hole's breakfast



An entirely new way to probe how active black holes behave when they eat has been discovered by an i...
Published Sleeping supermassive black holes awakened briefly by shredded stars



Astronomers have concluded that an obscure class of galaxies known as Compact Symmetric Objects, or ...
Published Pair of merging quasars at cosmic dawn



Astronomers have discovered a double-record-breaking pair of quasars. Not only are they the most dis ...
Published Astronomers discover 49 new galaxies in under three hours



New work aimed to study the star-forming gas in a single radio galaxy. Although the team didn't find...
Published Lone Star State: Tracking a low-mass star as it speeds across the Milky Way



Astronomers have discovered a rare hypervelocity L subdwarf star racing through the Milky Way. More ...
Published Scientists uncover aurora-like radio emission above a sunspot



Astronomers have detailed radio observations of an extraordinary aurora-like display -- occurring 40 ...
Published Life after death: Astronomers find a planet that shouldn't exist



The star would have inflated up to 1.5 times the planet's orbital distance -- engulfing the planet i...
Published Does this exoplanet have a sibling sharing the same orbit?


Astronomers have found the possible 'sibling' of a planet orbiting a distant star. The team has dete ...
Published Webb telescope reveals asteroid collision in neighboring star system



Astronomers have captured what appears to be a snapshot of a massive collision of giant asteroids in ...
Published Found with Webb: A potentially habitable icy world



A international team of astronomers has made an exciting discovery about the temperate exoplanet LHS ...
Published Astronomers witness the birth of a very distant cluster of galaxies from the early Universe - Astronomers Witness the Birth of a Very Distant Cluster of Galaxies from the Early Universe



Astronomers have discovered a large reservoir of hot gas in the still-forming galaxy cluster around ...
Published Direct image of a black hole expelling a powerful jet - Direct Image of a Black Hole Expelling a Powerful Jet



Astronomers have observed, in one image, the shadow of the black hole at the center of the galaxy Me ...
Published Astronomers detect 'nearby' black hole devouring a star - Astronomers Detect 'Nearby' Black Hole Devouring a Star



Astronomers have discovered a new 'tidal disruption event,' in which the center of a galaxy lights u ...
Published New exoplanet discovered - New Exoplanet Discovered: A Breakthrough in Astronomy



Astronomers report the first exoplanet jointly discovered through direct imaging and precision astro ...
Published Discovery of white dwarf pulsar sheds light on star evolution - Discovery of White Dwarf Pulsar Sheds Light on Star Evolution



The discovery of a rare type of white dwarf star system provides new understanding into stellar evol...
Published Brightest gamma-ray burst ever observed reveals new mysteries of cosmic explosions - Brightest Gamma-Ray Burst Ever Observed Reveals New Mysteries of Cosmic Explosions


Scientists believe the gamma-ray emission, which lasted over 300 seconds, is the birth cry of a blac...
Published Astronomers find no young binary stars near Milky Way's black hole - Astronomers Find No Young Binary Stars Near Milky Way's Black Hole



Scientists analyzed over a decade's worth of data about 16 young supermassive stars orbiting the sup...
Published Astronomers observe the first radiation belt seen outside of our solar system - Astronomers Observe the First Radiation Belt Seen Outside of Our Solar System



Astronomers have described the first radiation belt observed outside our solar system, using a coord ...
Published Astronomers discover a key planetary system to understand the formation mechanism of the mysterious 'super-Earths' - Astronomers Discover a Key Planetary System to Understand the Formation Mechanism of the Mysterious 'Super-Earths'



A study presents the detection of a system of two planets slightly larger than Earth orbiting a cold...
Published 'Old smokers' and 'squalling newborns' among hidden stars spotted for first time



'Hidden' stars including a new type of elderly giant nicknamed an 'old smoker' have been spotted for...