Astronomers have sighted the oldest known stellar explosion, dating back to when the universe was less than a billion years ...
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At 99.9999999% certainty, astronomers confirm a universe-shaping find
Astronomers are closing in on a result so statistically secure that, in their language, it borders on certainty: a 99.9999999 ...
The Webb space telescope observed a supernova that took place when the universe was 730 million years old, setting a new ...
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Did the world’s first solar eclipse change Earth’s rotation? Scientists decode a 709 BCE mystery
Ancient Chinese astronomers observed a solar eclipse in 709 BCE with remarkable detail. These old records are now helping ...
A NASA planetary scientist has proposed what may be the first scientifically sound explanation for the mysterious Star of Bethlehem that guided the three wise men to the infant Jesus over two ...
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Astronomers map ancient waterways on Mars
For more than a century, astronomers debated the possibility of martian canali (channels) which Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli claimed to see on the Red Planet in 1877. Mistranslated into ...
Astronomers are a step closer to cracking one of the secrets of dark energy—the mysterious force believed to be causing the universe's accelerated expansion.
What can today's scientists learn about astronomical phenomena from ancient texts?
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