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A Tale of Two Centennials

Were celebrating two centennials that are somewhat related...

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NGC 346 (NIRCam Image)

When it comes to understanding how stars form, astronomers are still asking plenty of questions!

A Star Is Born—Along with Many Questions

The very name “astronomy” comes from the Latin word for “star,” but when it comes to understanding how stars for

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Newly discovered Earth-size planet TOI 700 e orbits within the habitable zone of its star in this illustration. Its Earth-size s

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Robert Hurt

New Exoplanet Discoveries and New Ways to Find Them

Exoplanet science has moved from “stamp collecting” to the discovery of Earth-sized planets and unusual worlds.

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Just Wonderful Space Telescope News

JWST launches the first day of astronomy’s big meeting with news about science, technology, and galaxies!

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Shami Chatterjee on Building a Galaxy-Size Detector

What's the size of San Francisco, but has 1.5 times the mass of our sun? Dr. Shami Chatterjee has the answer!

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Brian Day on Exploring the Moon

NASA scientist Brian Day shares the U.S. history of Moon exploration and its future.

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Observations: New Telescopes in Chile

The next generation of telescopes in Chile will vastly increase our understanding of the cosmos.

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Priya Natarajan on Mapping the Unseen

Dr. Priya Natarajan shares how she maps the things we cannot see: dark matter, black holes, and more.

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NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and S. Wiessinger.

An artist’s rendering of a rupture in the crust of a highly magnetized neutron star known as a magnetar. (Courtesy of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and S. Wiessinger.)

Magnetars and Pulsars and Neutron Stars, Oh My!

How did a temperamental neutron star punch above its weight class and surprise astronomers?

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Courtesy of the Institute of Advanced Study and Dana Berry.

The locations of fourteen millisecond pulsars within a few thousand light years of the Sun, used like cosmic accelerometers to measure the amount of dark matter in the Milky Way. (Courtesy of the Institute of Advanced Study and Dana Berry.)

Keeping Time to a Chaotic Universe

How can astronomers use naturally occurring precision clocks to search for invisible phenomena in our universe?

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Nick Cowan on Exoplanets

Astronomer Nick Cowan takes us through the galaxy discovering extra solar planets or exoplanets.

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Lisa Kaltenegger on Looking for Signs of Life

Should we be afraid of contact from extraterrestrials?

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Fermi bubbles

A snapshot from the Digital Universe shows a representation of the Fermi bubbles emerging from our Milky Way galaxy. Lines show the view from Earth to distant quasars, used to determine that the Fermi bubbles formed millions of years ago during an outburst from the Milky Way’s central supermassive black hole.

Of Bubbles and Black Holes

You may have heard the rumor—that a supermassive black hole lurks at the center of our galaxy? It's true.

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Two merging black holes

Simulation of light emitted by two merging supermassive black holes surrounded by nearly transparent gas. (Image courtesy NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.)

Black Holes Near and Far

How do black holes form? And why do they always feel like the popular kids in school?

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