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The universe doesn't come with an instruction manual—but if it did, University of Missouri Assistant Professor Charles ...

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One of the most powerful objects in the universe is a radio quasar—a spinning black hole spraying out highly energetic ...

"A supercomputer simulation shows many galaxies merging over time. The parts of galaxies we can see are glowing stars forming ...

Whether a galactic environment has the right conditions for habitable planets to form could depend on how the black hole in ...

An analysis of star movements from the Gaia spacecraft reveals that the Small Magellanic Cloud — a satellite galaxy bound to ...

Whether a galactic environment has the right conditions for habitable planets to form could depend on how the black hole in ...