European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope took photos a rare supernova roughly 300 years after it happened ...

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Galaxies shine in a rainbow of emissions from gas, dust, and stars. Each of these building blocks emits light at specific ...

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The galaxy sits in a sweet spot that allows astronomers to study it in ways that can't be applied to even our own Milky Way ...

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