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The Big Bang is often presented as if science has completely solved the beginning of the universe: everything started in one ...

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The wonders of the universe are coming to the wetlands. Join the Fort Hays State University Astronomy Club on Friday, October ...

A star has already died. Its time as a star burning like the sun is over, and after spewing its outer material into space, ...

ALMA, a 66‑antenna radio observatory in northern Chile, is boosting its star‑ and planet‑formation studies with new receivers ...

After being born of mostly just hydrogen and helium, a scant 14-ish billion years later the Universe is full of weird planets of wildly varying makes, shapes, and sizes. Well, maybe not shapes, ...

"This pattern of elements is a telltale sign of the 's-process,' a nuclear reaction that builds heavy elements inside dying ...

Could black holes have planets? New research says yes, they could. New simulations suggest massive planets could form in the ...

In the new research, scientists looked at a white dwarf named HS 0209+0832. As they did, they found an unusual chemical ...

Sometimes the best discoveries are hiding in old data. By reviewing archival records from the Hubble Space Telescope, researchers spotted a strange chemical signature around a white dwarf star named ...

Space news headlines feature lots of SpaceX: crewed launches to the International Space Station, satellite launches, tests of the Super Heavy booster and Starship spacecraft. The way my least favorite ...