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A large team of astronomers and astrophysicists affiliated with several institutions in China has discovered a binary star ...

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The stately and inclined spiral galaxy NGC 3511 is the subject of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image. The galaxy is ...

BEIJING -- A team of Chinese scientists has discovered an extremely rare pulsar that gets partially blocked by its companion ...

Astronomers may have discovered a rare type of binary star system, where one star used to orbit inside its partner.

This week is the best time in May to view the night sky. Here's everything you can see during May's dark skies, from an ...

HAWC Observatory researchers reveal TeV halos as universal features of middle-aged pulsars, offering new insights into gamma-ray emissions and pulsar detection.

This image from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory reveals the locations of various elements in the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant, including silicon (red), sulfur (yellow), calcium (green), and iron ...

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