Enabled by supercomputing, University of Pretoria (UP) researchers have led an international team of astronomers that has ...

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This artist's concept visualizes a super-Neptune world orbiting a low-mass star near the center of our Milky Way galaxy.

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Our modern era of space observation and exploration deepens our connection with the universe—and with each other. When NASA ...

(CNN) – A new image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope shows what is nicknamed “The Bullseye.” Its real name is Gargantuan ...

If a star orbits a black hole, it will appear from a distance to be orbiting empty space. Gaia projects the star’s orbit on a ...

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