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Astronomers may have discovered a new kind of object called a black hole star

"Our picture of this object is evolving very rapidly," says lead author Rohan Naidu, a NASA Hubble Fellow and Pappalardo Fellow at MIT's Kavli Institute for Astrophysics ...

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We caught an ocean of plasma waves "breaking" on the Sun

With the National Solar Observatory's incredible DKIST, we see the Sun in the highest resolution ever. Its latest images blew us all away.Continue reading on Starts With A Bang! »

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Webb's mysterious little red dots may be hiding entire galaxies

Astronomers may finally have a clue to what happens to the mysterious "little red dots" that crowded the early universe. By studying a spiral galaxy nicknamed the "Saguaro," researchers found a compact, bright red center that closely resembles these ...

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Starwatch: Vega the bright star will light the way to the constellation of Lyra

Lyra, the lyre, represents the harp played by the Greek poet Orpheus ...

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APOD: 2026 August 17 - A Golden Corona Eclipse

APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 17 - A Today's APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe ...

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Astronomers Discover the Existence of a Black Hole Star

An object observed by the James Webb Space Telescope lends credence to a strange explanation for the mysterious red spots in the early universe.

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APOD: 2026 August 16 - Milky Way over Yellowstone

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A black hole shredded a "super sun" -- but something strange may have survived

Astronomers have witnessed a black hole violently shredding a massive star, creating one of the most energetic stellar explosions ever observed. The event, nicknamed "the Whippet," briefly released about 400 billion times the Sun's energy and sent a ...

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Starts With A Bang podcast #132 -- Space in the ultraviolet

Few wavelengths of light reach Earth's surface; the others require going to space. What can the ultraviolet ASPERA space telescope do?Continue reading on Starts With A Bang! »

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APOD: 2026 August 15 - Bright Perseids from Sweden

APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 15 - Today's APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is ...

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