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Strange radio signals traced to outskirts of long-dead galaxy — and scientists aren't sure why
By Jenna Ahart published
A dead galaxy shouldn't produce bursts of radio light. Yet this 11 billion-year-old one did — throwing scientists for a loop.

1 million 'interstellar objects' — each larger than the Statue of Liberty — may lurk in the outer solar system
By Harry Baker published
New simulations reveal that around 1 million "macroscopic" objects from our closest stellar neighbors, the Alpha Centauri system, may already reside in the Oort Cloud, far from sight.

Sun quiz: How well do you know our home star?
By Harry Baker published
Test your knowledge on the giant ball of burning gas at the heart of the solar system.

Milky Way quiz: How well do you know our home galaxy?
By Harry Baker published
Test your knowledge of the Milky Way's size, speed, age, galactic neighbors and more.

'Herculean' 2.5-billion-pixel mosaic shows our closest galactic neighbor like never before — and took more than a decade to create
By Harry Baker published
The new composite image, which combines hundreds of photos from the Hubble Space Telescope, shows the Andromeda Galaxy with more than 200 million individually resolved stars.

Something invisible and 'fuzzy' may lurk at the Milky Way's center, new research suggests
By Paul Sutter published
The cores of galaxies may not be made of what we thought, new research suggests — they could hold one giant, invisible star made of mysterious "fuzzy" matter.

James Webb telescope spies record-breaking hoard of stars hiding in a warped 'dragon' galaxy
By Harry Baker published
Photos from the James Webb Space Telescope have revealed more than 40 stars within the gravitationally lensed "Dragon Arc" galaxy, 6.5 billion light-years from Earth. It is the largest group of individually imaged stars ever seen at such a distance.

'Mathematically perfect' star system discovered 105 light-years from Earth may still be in its infancy. Could that change its prospects for life?
By Jenna Ahart published
Once thought to be 8 billion years old, the star HD 110067 — famous for its six synchronized exoplanets — may be only 2.5 billion years old, new research suggests.

James Webb telescope solves 20-year-old Hubble conundrum — and it could finally explain why the universe's oldest planets exist
By Stephanie Pappas published
The James Webb Space Telescope has confirmed 20-year-old Hubble observations that could finally explain how ancient stars can host massive planets.
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