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A new map of the distances of tens of thousands of galaxies is helping researchers calculate the universe's age and expansion rate with unprecedented precision.
Early in the morning on Wednesday (Oct. 12), the moon will pass in front of Uranus and obscure it from view. An event that occurs when one object is hidden from an observer by the moon is known as what?
Warm-colored clouds surround the young star at the center of a recently published image from the Hubble Space Telescope. These clouds may look peaceful, but scientists have learned this region is actually hectic.
White dwarfs, the leftover cores of sunlike stars, are incredibly common in the universe. Many of them host planets that may lie within the habitable zones of those stars and may even support life. Now, scientists have outlined how to hunt for that possible life.