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In the intriguing realm of star-forming galaxies, the key factor isn't the total amount of gas but rather its strategic distribution within the galaxy.
The mystery of galaxies in the early Universe just got even weirder. A team of astronomers has identified a giant spiral galaxy so well-formed that it already has a stable galactic bar; a long, ...
Researchers at the International Center for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) made the discovery about galaxies by studying the gas distribution that helps create stars.
The biggest sample of galaxy groups to ever be detected has been unearthed by a team of international astronomers ...
New radio images reveal an unusually faint and symmetrical supernova remnant, nicknamed Telios, lurking just below the ...
Astronomers are using Hubble to study vivid gas clouds and newborn stars in the tilted spiral galaxy NGC 3511.
Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe and the basic building block ... the WALLABY survey should eventually detect more than 200,000 galaxies and provide detailed hydrogen maps for ...
A new preprint suggests that an ancient Chinese star catalog dates to 355 B.C.E. But other researchers aren't convinced, ...
Two new studies used gravity data to pull back the curtain on the deep interiors of the Moon and one of the solar system’s largest asteroids.
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The White House's 2026 budget request axes NASA's long-held plan to bring Mars samples to Earth for analysis. Here's why that cancellation would be a mistake.