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VLT Confirms Ancient, Non‑Solar Chemistry in Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

New isotope measurements point to formation in the cold outer disk of an ancient low‑metallicity star, reshaping ideas about planetesimal diversity across the galaxy.

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2w ago

New JWST Findings Complicate Origins of Little Red Dots

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ALMA Finds Deep Carbon Monoxide That Points to an Ice-Rich Uranus

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Distant Lensed Starburst Identified as Leading Candidate for 2021 IceCube Neutrino

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4w ago

Newly Discovered Asteroid Skims Safely Past Earth at One-Quarter of the Moon’s Distance

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2mo ago

Webb Reveals Non-Rotating Massive Galaxy in the Early Universe

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2mo ago

Study Reports Tenuous Atmosphere on a 500-Kilometer Kuiper Belt World

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2mo ago

ALMA Finds Semi-Heavy Water in Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

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2mo ago

Dark Energy Camera Reveals Vast Halo and Stellar Stream Around Sombrero Galaxy

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2mo ago

DECam Image Reveals Sombrero Galaxy’s Giant Halo and Stellar Stream

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3mo ago

JWST Studies Report Strongest Evidence Yet of Population III Stars Near GN‑z11

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3mo ago

Global Collaboration Pins Local Hubble Constant at 73.50 ± 0.81 km/s/Mpc With 1% Precision

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3mo ago

HETDEX Maps 33,000 Hydrogen Halos Around Early Galaxies

Telescopes

VLT Confirms Ancient, Non‑Solar Chemistry in Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

New JWST Findings Complicate Origins of Little Red Dots

ALMA Finds Deep Carbon Monoxide That Points to an Ice-Rich Uranus

Distant Lensed Starburst Identified as Leading Candidate for 2021 IceCube Neutrino

Third Galaxy in NGC 1052 Trail Found to Lack Dark Matter

Webb Spectrum Reveals Dense Gas Cocoon Around an Early ‘Little Red Dot’

JWST Spectrum Shows Some ‘Little Red Dots’ Are Accreting Black Holes

JWST and ALMA Image Supernova-Driven Wind Stripping Gas From a z≈5.3 Galaxy

Astronomers Find Hot Wind Carving Cone from Milky Way’s Central Black Hole

JWST Measures 50‑Million‑Solar‑Mass Black Hole That Outweighs Its Host

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Gemini North Reveals Crystal Ball Nebula Shaped by a Nine‑Year Binary

Newly Discovered Asteroid Skims Safely Past Earth at One-Quarter of the Moon’s Distance

Webb Reveals Non-Rotating Massive Galaxy in the Early Universe

Study Reports Tenuous Atmosphere on a 500-Kilometer Kuiper Belt World

ALMA Finds Semi-Heavy Water in Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

Dark Energy Camera Reveals Vast Halo and Stellar Stream Around Sombrero Galaxy

DECam Image Reveals Sombrero Galaxy’s Giant Halo and Stellar Stream

JWST Studies Report Strongest Evidence Yet of Population III Stars Near GN‑z11

Global Collaboration Pins Local Hubble Constant at 73.50 ± 0.81 km/s/Mpc With 1% Precision

HETDEX Maps 33,000 Hydrogen Halos Around Early Galaxies

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