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Astronomers have unraveled the mystery of a bright celestial object that looks like the Eye of Sauron from Middle Earth.

Astronomers in Awe of Terrifying “Eye of Sauron” That’s Pointed Straight at Earth

By Sharon Adarlo

Stars at the Milky Way's center stay young forever, scientists claim, by feeding off dark matter particles that are abundant there.

Something Strange Appears to Be Powering “Immortal” Stars at the Center of Our Galaxy

By Sharon Adarlo

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope claim they have found two of the most distant galaxies in the universe.

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James Webb Space Telescope Uncovers Most Distant Galaxy Ever Observed

By Sharon Adarlo

NASA unveiled an image of the Milky Way, showing greater detail of a region close to the nucleus of the galaxy plus mysterious structures.

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James Webb Detects “Unexplained Structures” in Heart of Our Galaxy

By Sharon Adarlo

A new study published last week in arXiv reports that researchers found an unidentified object nearly 13.5 billion light-years away in the universe.

Scientists Detect Huge Object, Farther Away Than Anything Else Detected in Universe

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Scientist Says the Solar System Is Surrounded by a Huge Magnetic Tunnel

Scientist Says the Solar System Is Surrounded by a Huge Magnetic Tunnel

By Tony Ho Tran

NASA released a stunning image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope depicting a spiral galaxy 68 million light-years away from Earth.

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Hubble Takes Breathtaking Image of “Furnace” Galaxy

By Tony Ho Tran

Scientists modeled how long it would take for an advanced alien race to colonize an entire Milky Way-like galaxy, assuming it would want to.

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Here’s How Quickly Aliens Could Conquer the Galaxy

By Dan Robitzski

The galaxy Dragonfly 44, which scientists said had a baffling 10,000-to-one ratio of dark matter to visible matter, may not be so unique after all.

Scientists: That “99.9% Dark Matter” Galaxy Is Actually Perfectly Normal

By Dan Robitzski

Astronomers have discovered an astonishingly Milky Way-like galaxy called SPT0418-47 more than 12 billion light-years away from our own galaxy.

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Astronomers Puzzled By Ancient Milky Way-Like Galaxy 12 Billion Light-Years Away

By Victor Tangermann

New Research: There Could Be 36 Alien Civilizations in Our Galaxy

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New Research: There Could Be 36 Alien Civilizations in Our Galaxy

By Victor Tangermann

A team of astronomers claim they have solved the mystery behind why some highly active galaxies have four jets of radio waves, forming an X.

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Astronomers Solve “X-Galaxy” Mystery With Powerful New Telescope

By Victor Tangermann

Advanced simulations suggest that supernovae in the center of the Milky Way galaxy are shooting nearby stars all the way to its outer reaches.

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Astronomers: Our Galaxy Is Belligerently Flinging Stars Into Space

By Dan Robitzski

According to a new study using data collected by the ESA, the Milky Way is being warped as it's slowly colliding with a smaller neighboring galaxy.

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Astronomers: Something Is Warping Our Entire Galaxy

By Victor Tangermann

Intense cosmic rays given off by short-lived stars are bombarding a nearby galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud, from within.

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Intense Stellar Activity Is Ripping Apart a Nearby Galaxy

By Dan Robitzski

Newly discovered "cocoons" of gaseous carbon around young galaxies could help solve the mystery of how the element spread throughout the universe.

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Strange “Cocoons” Surround These Young Galaxies

By Kristin Houser