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A star blew up, and scientists snapped a photo of the violent explosion
The blast was so bright, we can see it on Earth from 21 million light-years away. Last month astronomers spotted a star that exploded in the colossal Pinwheel galaxy some 21 million light-years away — which in cosmic terms is relatively close. The outburst of a massive star collapsing on itself, …
These National Parks Are Hosting Stargazing Festivals in 2023
As light pollution gets worse, public lands are some of the last remaining places to easily gaze at stars or catch a glimpse of luminous meteor …
Mashableflipped into Mashable's Top StoriesStunning Webb photo shows a truly unbelievable number of galaxies
If you gaze at this image, you gaze back into deep, deep time. Pretty much everything you see in this image is a galaxy — an entire galaxy brimming with stars. Astronomers recently trained the profoundly powerful James Webb Space Telescope at a small section of the sky, endeavoring to find some of …
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