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Astronomers have discovered that the magnetar SGR 0501+4516 is speeding through our galaxy at more than 110,000 mph. This ...
On the outskirts of the Milky Way, one of the rarest kinds of stars in the galaxy has just become even more mysterious than ...
Astronomers have detected a lone black hole drifting through the Milky Way—an unprecedented discovery made possible by ...
Stranded astronauts and celebrity space tourism have piqued interest in space — and a photography exhibition in the museum is ...
A team of scientists has confirmed the existence of a solitary black hole drifting through the Milky Way, unaccompanied by ...
Prior to the current finding, all black holes that scientists have ever identified have been spotted with a companion star.
"Magnetar birth rates and formation scenarios are among the most pressing questions in high-energy astrophysics." ...
The Andromeda Galaxy's family of dwarfs are an enigma. First it was the unusual flat plane around which more than half of ...
After more than a decade of mapping billions of stars across the Milky Way and beyond, a groundbreaking spacecraft is retiring. The European Space Agency’s space-based observatory known as Gaia ...
For the first time, scientists have managed to spot a lonely black hole drifting through space thanks to its gravity ...
After more than a decade of mapping billions of stars across the Milky Way and beyond, a groundbreaking spacecraft is ...