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The signal, a gamma ray burst, kept repeating — which has never been seen before, and, according to astronomers, should be impossible.

Scientists Say They Can’t Explain the Signal They Just Detected From Beyond Our Galaxy

By Frank Landymore

The tentative detection of complex organic molecules around a young star has big implications about these crucial chemicals to life.

Scientists Find Evidence That Original Life on Earth Was Assembled From Material in Space

By Frank Landymore

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have spotted the earliest ever signs of planets being born around a star.

James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Spots Planets Forming Into Solar System in Real Time, Like an Organism’s First Cells

By Frank Landymore

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a rare glimpse at the gaseous "shrouds" that surround dying stars before they go supernova.

James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Space Telescope Spots Stellar Death Shrouds

By Noor Al-Sibai

When huge stars are denied a glorious death, something more brutal occurs, and you get mysterious signals known as fast x-ray transients.

Mysterious Signals From Deep Space Hint at Something Brutal, Scientists Say

By Frank Landymore

Astronomers have taken the first ever image that shows what happens when a star explodes twice in a supernova.

Astronomers Capture First-Ever Image of Star That Exploded Twice

By Frank Landymore

We're on the verge of decoding a telltale signal emitted when the universe gave birth to the very first stars.

Scientists Working to Decode Signal From Earliest Years of Universe

By Frank Landymore

Clumps of dark matter may actually be interacting with light just a teensy bit, enough to dim the light of stars it passes in front of.

Astronomers Suggest That Entire Stars Are Being Obscured by Giant “Lampshades” of Dark Matter

By Frank Landymore

Astronomers Astonished by Largest Explosion Since the Big Bang

Astronomers Astonished by Largest Explosion Since the Big Bang

By Frank Landymore

A team of researchers have discovered a binary system in which a pulsar orbited inside the outer layers of its companion star.

Scientists Startled by Discovery of Small Star Swimming Through Outer Layers of Another Larger Star

By Frank Landymore

New research suggests that our entire solar system is vulnerable to being thrown into chaos by a distant star.

Scientists Fear a Passing Star Could Fling Earth Out of the Sun’s Orbit, Into the Frigid Expanse Beyond

By Frank Landymore

Astronomers still don't quite understand the mysteries of Teleios.

Astronomers Baffled by a Suspicious, Perfectly Round Sphere in Our Galaxy

By Frank Landymore

When looking for alien life, scientists found something odd — two bizarre pulses coming from a distant constellation.

Alien Hunters Detect “Unexplained Pulses” Emanating From Two Distant Stars

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA"s James Webb telescope found frozen water on a distant star.

James Webb Space Telescope

NASA’s James Webb Telescope Just Found Frozen Water Around Another Star

By Frank Landymore

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope believe they've made the first detection of a star swallowing a planet — with a grim twist.

James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Spots Disturbing Sight: Entire Planet Sinking Into Star

By Frank Landymore

Due to vibrations from their cores, stars are constantly fluctuating in brightness — and those waves, when converted to audio, make songs.

Scientists Intrigued by Stars Singing Ancient Songs

By Noor Al-Sibai