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Huge new catalog of ultrabright 'fast radio bursts' may shed light on the structure of the universe
A big new sample of fast radio bursts is allowing scientists to ask big-picture questions about the cosmos.
'Giant arc' stretching 3.3 billion light-years across the cosmos shouldn't exist
Colossal arc of distant galaxies makes astronomers question some of their most cherished principles about the cosmos.
Scientists still stuck on Betelgeuse antics a year after strange dimming episode
A year ago, the bright red star Betelgeuse in the Orion constellation hit the headlines for a stark fading episode that astronomers couldn't explain. They still can't, although they keep trying.
'Symbiotic stars' caught snacking on each other outside the Milky Way
Stars snacking on their companions outside the Milky Way have been precisely mapped and measured for the first time.
Powerful cosmic eruptions traced to brilliant 'magnetar' in nearby galaxy
Astronomers may have captured the first good look at giant flares from the strongest magnets in the universe.
A galactic sideswipe 3 billion years ago warped our Milky Way galaxy
New data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and Europe's Gaia spacecraft suggest that a brush with another galaxy caused the strange, potato chip-like "warp" in our Milky Way galaxy.
A neutron-star crash spotted 3 years ago is still pumping out X-rays. But why?
Three years ago, two neutron stars collided in a cataclysmic crash, the first such merger ever observed directly. Naturally, scientists kept their eye on it — and now, something strange is happening.
