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NASA has finally peered into the heart of a white dwarf system in a way astronomers have been chasing for decades, turning a ...
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Japanese astronomers have discovered an extraordinary supermassive black hole in the early universe that ...
Astronomers have spotted a rare, rule-breaking quasar in the early Universe that appears to be growing its central black hole ...
Astronomers found evidence that dark matter and neutrinos may interact, hinting at a "fundamental breakthrough" that ...
It's always a bit of a surprise when a guard is an instinctually special shot blocker. A generation ago, Dwyane Wade carried that mantle. For this era of players, it's Boston Celtics guard Derrick ...