Hubble, the trusty space telescope that has been delivering gorgeous views of the cosmos for decades now, just delivered another gift. In a new composite image made up of many individual photos, Hubble >>
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Astronomers spot one of the oldest stars ever
Our Solar System is incredibly old by human standards. The Sun, sitting in the center, is thought to be just over 4.6 billion years old, which is an almost unfathomable amount of time >>
The brightest object in the universe was just discovered, but is it still there?
Space is dark, which makes finding bright things like stars pretty darn easy. It also makes it possible for high-powered telescopes to spot things that are very, very far away, and researchers now >>
Man, space is huge
Size is relative. A carpenter ant is huge compared to a regular ant, but it’s still tiny when compared to, say, your foot. The challenge of adequately describing size is even worse when >>
There’s a black hole party happening at the center of our galaxy, but we’re not invited
Generally speaking, black holes are bad news for life. We obviously don’t know for certain, but it is widely assumed that being sucked into the incredible gravity of a black hole is an >>
Scientists spotted a galaxy with no dark matter, and they can’t figure out why it exists
In attempting to explain how the universe works, scientists have largely settled on the existence of a mysterious type of matter known simply as “dark matter.” We’ve never observed it directly, but we >>
Astronomers spot oldest galaxy ever detected by looking back in time 11 billion years
You already know that humans are newbies when it comes to the age of the universe — in fact, “new” doesn’t adequately describe the incredibly brief period of time we’ve existed here on >>
A distant galaxy is starving to death, and astronomers are loving it
As NASA and other space agencies from around the world set their sights on exoplanets and destinations within our Solar System that could host life, some astronomers are enjoying a very different sight >>
