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Astronomers at UC Berkeley just took the temperature of the mysterious rings surrounding Uranus for the first time. They're cold: 77 degrees Kelvin.

Icy Rings

"Something has been sweeping the smaller stuff out, or it’s all glomming together. We just don’t know."

Astronomers Use New Instruments to Probe Rings Around Uranus

Astronomers used the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) to observe a binary star system called HD101584 after a particularly violent and close fly-by.

Cosmic Battle

This is what happens when a red giant brutally eviscerates its twin.

This Epic Star Battle Looks Like Something From a "Thor" Movie

A newly discovered monster galaxy fills a gap in astronomers' understanding of galactic formation soon after the birth of the universe.

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