In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small ...

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Fluffy strands of cosmic gas and dust illuminated by bright young stars form a beautiful cloudscape in a neighboring nebula.

The center of our Milky Way galaxy is hidden from the prying eyes of optical telescopes by clouds of obscuring dust and gas.

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Dr. Danielle Pahud is an instructor in the University of Manitoba’s department of physics and astronomy and director of the ...

When we think of astrophotography, usually big telescopes on robotic mounts that cost thousands of dollars come to mind. But ...

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Scientists didn't expect that stars would be able to still form in the dwarf galaxy known as Leo P, which the James Webb Telescope recently imaged.