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Amateur astronomer finds 5 fascinating new galaxies — and they're now named after him
Giuseppe Donatiello is an amateur astronomer with a unique distinction: discoverer of 11 galaxies, nine with his name.
Is dark matter's main rival theory dead? There's bad news from the Cassini spacecraft and other recent tests
One of the biggest mysteries in astrophysics today is that the forces in galaxies do not seem to add up.
Milky Way's halo is filled with 'magnetic donuts' as wide as 100,000 light-years
The discovery could help astronomers better understand how cosmic magnetic fields form and evolve.
World's largest visible light telescope spies a galaxy cluster warping spacetime
New images from the VLT Survey Telescope will help scientists learn about galaxy pasts, and perhaps futures.
'God's Hand' interstellar cloud reaches for the stars in new Dark Energy Camera image (video)
There is nothing supernatural about this celestial structure, but it is awe-inspiring nonetheless.
Buried in the Cat's Paw Nebula lies one of the largest space molecules ever seen
Scientists have discovered one of the largest molecules ever seen in space in the Cat's Paw nebula. The discovery hints at how chemical complexity emerges as stars form.
Cosmic fountain is polluting intergalactic space with 50 million suns' worth of material
Astronomers have mapped a 20,000-light-year-long fountain of gas blasting from a nearby galaxy and polluting intergalactic space at 450 times the top speed of a jet fighter.
Exotic 'Einstein ring' suggests that mysterious dark matter interacts with itself
The unexplained mass of a remarkably massive galaxy suggests that dark matter interacts with itself, according to new observations by the James Webb Space Telescope.
