Learn more about the vast metallic cloud that dimmed a sun-like star, puzzling astronomers.

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Some galaxies in the early universe were absolute powerhouses, churning out stars at rates that would dwarf the Milky Way's modest stellar production. These "monster galaxies," buried deep in dust ...

These newly discovered spinning crystals twist, break, and heal themselves, revealing a strange new side of solid matter.

A distant Sun-like star suddenly went dark for months, stunning astronomers who quickly realized something massive was ...

Dark matter seems invisible, but it makes up most matter, and we have evidence that it gives the cosmos its shape. Now ...

Combining observations from several powerful telescopes, astronomers have detected a gargantuan, 'wobbling' black hole ...

A missing star in the Andromeda Galaxy has become a mystery to astronomers. This star suddenly vanished without any traces of ...

Astronomers have observed a Sun-like star dim dramatically for nearly nine months after being obscured by a vast cloud of gas and dust. A huge cloud filled with vaporized metals has been spotted ...

The familiar structure of the Lyra Nebula (or Ring Nebula) has just revealed an unexpected feature. At the heart of this ...

The Chang'e-6 lunar probe found tiny tubes formed by a single layer of atoms – something that has previously been seen only in a lab ...

SALT astronomers have confirmed that the massive star WOH G64 is still a Red Supergiant, not a Yellow Hypergiant as previously speculated. New observations using the Southern African Large Telescope ...