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Radio-Emitting Jet Detected From Andromeda Black Hole

- December 13, 2012

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NASA’s Hubble Takes Census of Early Galaxies

- December 13, 2012

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NASA Simulations Show How Wide Binary Stars Could Form

- December 10, 2012

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Enormous Galaxy Cluster Spotted by NASA’s WISE

- December 6, 2012

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New “Green Bean” Galaxies Discovered

- December 5, 2012

Hubble Photo Shows Blue Compact Dwarf Galaxy

The above photo is an image of the irregular galaxy NGC 5253, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced...

Rocky Planets Could Be More Common Than Previously Thought

Astronomers have now observed that the dust disc orbiting a brown dwarf contains millimeter-sized solid particles - the sa...

Astronomers Spot the Most Massive Black Hole Yet Seen

Astronomers have measured the mass of what could be the most massive...

Astronomers Spot the Most Massive Quasar Outflow Yet Seen

Astronomers have discovered a quasar with the most massive outflow ever seen. Quasars are bright galactic centers powered by supermassive...

Astronomers Spot Massive Comet Belts in Nearby Systems

Astronomers using the European Space Agency's (ESA) Herschel space observatory have discovered massive comet belts orbiting two...

Astronomers Discover Dwarf Planet Makemake Has No Atmosphere

Astronomers have discovered that a dwarf planet in our solar system named Makemake has no atmosphere. The object, which o...

Astronomers Spot ‘Bridge’ of Hot Gas Connecting Galaxy Clusters

Astronomers using the Planck space telescope have confirmed the presence of a bridge of hot gas bridging the 10 million light-years of intergalactic space between two galaxy cluste...

New “Super-Jupiter” Directly Imaged by Astronomers

Astronomers have directly imaged a "super-Jupiter" planet orbiting around the star Kappa Andromedae. According to NASA, Kapp...

NASA May Have Found A New Most Distant Galaxy

NASA today announced that astronomers have found a candidate for the new most distant galaxy ever seen. This comes just after...

NASA’s Kepler Telescope Ends Its Prime Mission, Begins Another

NASA this week marked the end of the Kepler Space Telescope's prime mission, which began in March 2009. Like...

Close Rogue Planet Identified by ESO Astronomers

Astronomers have identified what is "very probably" a relatively close-by planet hurtling through space - not orbiting a star. The...

ESA Releases New Supernova Remnant Photo

The European Space Agency (ESA) has released a new image of the aftershock of a supernova remnant named W44. The image, seen ab...

New “Super Earth” Planet Discovered in Six-Planet System

U.K. and German Astronomers announced this week that they have discovered a new "super Earth" planet that could, conceivably, have an Earth-like climate. The...

Near-Earth Asteroid Imaged by NASA

NASA scientists announced today that they have created multiple radar images showing the near-Earth asteroid named 2007 PA8. The images were generated using data collected from th...

Superman Planet Found: Krypton Pinpointed by Neil deGrasse Tyson

Just weeks after his alter-ego Clark Kent quit the Daily Planet, Superman i...

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