It’s one of the greatest tropes in movies, literature, and television shows: the idea that we could travel back in
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It’s one of the greatest tropes in movies, literature, and television shows: the idea that we could travel back in
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It’s been nearly a century since scientists first theorized that the Universe was expanding, and that the farther away a
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“Superluminal” motion is old news to astronomers, but surprised our readers. Earlier this week, we covered astronomers’ discovery of fast-moving
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The reason Pluto lost its planet status is not valid, according to new research from the University of Central Florida
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There are many strange galaxies out there in space, but about 300 million light-years away is one that’s really something.
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Scientists think that at the heart of nearly every galaxy, including our own Milky Way, lies a supermassive black hole
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Einstein’s theory of special relativity reflects the unchanging character of the speed of light, among other things. Before Einstein space
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At the end of its life, a red supergiant star explodes in a hydrogen-rich supernova. By comparing observation results to
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A newly deployed space telescope has struck pay dirt almost immediately, discovering a quasar – a superheated region of dust
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What happens when a dead star meets a black hole? The answer appears to be a brief zombie awakening, according
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A “monster galaxy” that formed just one billion years after the Big Bang is spewing out stars at such a
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Mission control rejoiced when NASA’s New Horizons probe zipped past Pluto in 2015 following a nine-year voyage, but in some
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