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Deep space has just delivered a cosmic curveball: an object that behaves so strangely it appears to break the rules astronomers use to describe how the universe grew up. The discovery centers on an ...

Astronomers have identified a strange new object in deep space, a vast cloud that looks like a galaxy stripped of its stars. Instead of a shining island of suns, this structure is almost entirely dark ...

Object 3I/ATLAS is now too far from Earth to aim a telescope at, but prior observations showed some unusual behavior. The anomalous nature of the object led astrophysicist Avi Loeb to apply a thought ...

An ESA-developed AI system analyzing millions of Hubble images has identified more than 1,300 odd and previously overlooked ...

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Scientists using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope now think the "little red dots" spotted in the early universe could be a new kind of space object. They call it a "black hole star." Credit: T.

A striking new image of the strange interstellar object 3I/ATLAS has revealed it is growing a tail, offering more proof that it is a comet visiting our Solar System. The suspected comet, discovered on ...