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Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE) has ...

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OREO, cherished worldwide for its special bond with milk as epitomized by the "OREO dunk", has reimagined this classic ritual ...

The James Webb Space Telescope reveals turbulent environments found in Sagittarius C, a core part of our Milky Way galaxy.

Scientists at Nagoya University in Japan were surprised by their study results, which they say are "indisputable." ...

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NASA and ESA officially retire the Gaia space telescope after 11 years of mapping the Milky Way, but its data will shape astronomy for decades.

By Alimat Aliyeva A group of European, British, and American astronomers has discovered 34 binary white dwarf systems i ...