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Scientists have achieved a groundbreaking feat by detecting a 13-billion-year-old microwave signal from the Cosmic Dawn using ...

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L ast week, the multinational scientific collaboration COSMOS released the data behind an incredible catalog of galaxies, ...

For nearly three decades he has created mesmerizing planetarium shows at the American Museum of Natural History. But other ...

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Known for its large mass despite emitting very little light, Segue 1 is traditionally viewed as a prime candidate for studying dark matter-dominated galaxies. However, the unique investigation ...

How the pioneering scientist, and namesake of an enormous new telescope, forced astronomers to rethink the universe.

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