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Astronomers used the ALMA radio array in Chile to show that two narrow spiral arms are funneling gas toward the central ...

Mengyuan Xiao, a postdoctoral researcher at the Observatory of the University of Geneva (UNIGE), is one of four recipients of the Swiss L’Oréal–UNESCO For Women in Science 2025 Award, which recognizes ...

Just in time for Hallowe'en in 2024, Hubble and JWST captured an image of two interacting spiral galaxies — IC 2163 and NGC ...

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Scientists have released a new study on the arXiv preprint server that catalogs the universe by mapping huge clusters of ...

October 2025 offers ideal conditions to observe the Andromeda Galaxy. Learn how to locate it, viewing tips and capture ...

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