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Astronomers just completed the largest radio survey of the universe ever, revealing 13.7 million previously hidden cosmic wonders including black hole jets, colliding galaxies, and exploding stars. The breakthrough could transform our understanding of how supermassive black holes shape entire galaxies.
A red giant star 300 light-years from Earth has ejected a massive heart-shaped cloud of gas and dust, stunning astronomers with its perfect Valentine's Day timing. The cosmic valentine reveals new secrets about how dying stars shed their layers.
Astronomers captured the exact moment a distant star unleashed a superflare, releasing months of our sun's energy in seconds. This breakthrough observation helps scientists understand these powerful cosmic events and predict how they affect planets.
Scientists used AI to scan 35 years of Hubble images and discovered nearly 1,400 never-before-seen cosmic objects in just three days. The breakthrough shows how smart technology can help us unlock mysteries hiding in plain sight.
A sun-like star 3,000 light-years away mysteriously dimmed for nine months, revealing a massive cloud of vaporized metals from what scientists believe was a catastrophic planetary collision. For the first time ever, astronomers measured metallic winds swirling inside the cloud, proving that even ancient star systems can still experience dramatic cosmic smashups.
A supermassive black hole that slept for 100 million years has roared back to life, blasting jets of energy across 1 million light-years of space. Scientists captured stunning images of the cosmic volcano showing its dramatic history of turning on and off across millions of years.