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The first pulsar was discovered in 1967 by Jocelyn Bell Burnell. Finding these mysterious signals forever changed astronomy.
Comet 3I/ATLAS will get closest to Earth on Dec. 19, and astronomers will be watching.
In a glimpse of the early universe, astronomers have observed a galaxy as it appeared just 800 million years after the Big ...
The James Webb Space Telescope has upended expectations again, revealing a massive spiral galaxy in the universe’s infancy ...
NASM copy Purchased with Adopt-a-Book funds. Contents Preface: The dawn-light of Ravenna -- On the hilltop -- To the lighthouse -- The city of stars -- Poetry and sunspots -- "Black star-lore" -- ...
(PhysOrg.com) -- A gamma-ray burst detected by NASA's Swift satellite in April 2009 has been newly unveiled as a candidate for the most distant object in the universe. At an estimated distance of ...
Just six days before Christmas, sky-watchers have a rare treat as the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS passes close to Earth. Only ...