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Einstein Was Right… Again! Successful Test of General Relativity Near a Supermassive Black Hole
For the first time in history, Einstein's theory of General Relativity was confirmed by observing a star orbiting the supermassive…
Stunning First Ever Photograph of a Newly Forming Planet
A team of international astronomers recently captured the first image of a newly-formed planet, which will allow astronomers to test…
Oumuamua Accelerated Out of the Solar System Like a Comet
Using data from ground-based observatories and the Hubble space telescope, an international team of scientists found evidence that 'Oumuamua is…
Look at This Fascinating Variety of Planet-Forming Disks Around Other Stars
New images from the European Southern Observatory show the stunning variety of discs of gas and dust that surround young…
Witness The Power Of A Fully Operational ESPRESSO Instrument. Four Telescopes Acting As One
The ESO's ESPRESSO instrument is getting all four of the telescopes at the Very Large Telescope to play nicely together,…
Good News For The Search For Life, The Trappist System Might Be Rich In Water
Scientists have been hard at work trying to determine the densities of the TRAPPIST-1 planets, and it looks like water…
The New Earth-Sized Planet Hunting Telescope ExTrA is Now Online
The Exoplanets in Transits and their Atmospheres (ExTrA), just went online and is now searching for exoplanets around red dwarf…
This is the Surface of a Giant Star, 350 Times Larger Than the Sun
Using the ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer, an international team of astronomers has created the first detailed images of another…
A Black Hole is Pushing the Stars Around in this Globular Cluster
An international team of astronomers recently made the first-ever observation of a black hole in a nearby globular cluster
That Interstellar Asteroid is Probably Pretty Strange Looking
A new study by a team of international researchers shows that the interstellar asteroid `Oumuamua is pretty odd in terms…