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The team used the Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) on the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope in ...
An exoplanet has been discovered orbiting Barnard's star by the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope. Barnard ...
Astronomers have discovered over 100 new alien worlds so far this year — some many light-years away from Earth — that ...
In an extraordinary leap forward for astrophysics, astronomers have achieved a momentous breakthrough with the first direct ...
Matter in intergalactic space is not randomly scattered - it forms a vast network of filamentary structures that make up the ...
Astronomers have produced the most detailed map yet of the Sculptor Galaxy, revealing hundreds of previously unseen celestial ...
This deep view of the Orion Constellation glows in reddish hues thanks to a filtered view of hydrogen alpha emission, a type ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronomers have revealed a nearby spiral galaxy in all its brilliant glory, shining in thousands of ...
Galaxies shine in a rainbow of emissions from gas, dust, and stars. Each of these building blocks emits light at specific ...
Astronomers have created the most detailed image of a galaxy of its kind ever seen. The “incredibly detailed” picture shows ...
Located 1.1 million light years from Earth, the vast Sculptor Galaxy contains around 500 nebulae, or star-forming regions ...
A large, rotating protoplanetary disk of dust and gas surrounds the young star, which is 431 light-years away from us.