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Powerful new radio telescope could unmask the ancient universe — if satellites don't ruin the view
When complete, the Square Kilometer Array Observatory (SKAO) will be the world's most powerful radio telescope — if SpaceX's Starlink satellites don't ruin its view.
A massive 'zombie' star is rampaging away from its home cluster
A long-dead white dwarf star is running away from Hyades star cluster — and it could help astronomers solve a number of cosmic mysteries.
Could AI find alien life faster than humans, and would it tell us?
AI is the way forward in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, from detecting radio signals to finding technosignatures on planets.
What are kilonovas?
Reference A kilonova is a bright blast of electromagnetic radiation that happens when two neutron stars or a neutron star and a stellar-mass black hole collide and merge.
The BlueWalker 3 satellite is officially one of the brightest objects in the sky
Astronomers worry that an impending future of widespread satellite constellations could darken our bridge to the stars.
Possible hints of life found on distant planet – how excited should we be?
The exoplanet K2-18b might host a water ocean.
Our universe holds more 'spectacular' polar ring galaxies than once thought, scientists say
Two previously discovered galaxies have been hiding strange perpendicular rings of stars and gas. These so-called polar ring galaxies may prove to be less rare in the universe than once thought.
Hubble Space Telescope discovers 11-billion-year-old galaxy hidden in a quasar's glare
Astronomers normally observe galaxies by observing light these objects emit, but some tricky galaxies require a different approach.
