How did the construction of the Subaru Telescope transform Japanese astronomy? A new study provides a quantitative answer by analyzing scientific publications and their citation impact during the ...

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Space rarely gives up its secrets easily. For instance, what looks like a single ...

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Astronomers have dived into the turbulent and chaotic heart of the Milky Way, discovering hidden chemistry around our galaxy's supermassive black hole.

A newly detected X-ray transient may reveal the first direct evidence of an intermediate-mass black hole consuming a white dwarf. A newly observed cosmic outburst is giving astronomers a rare glimpse ...

The Dangdangli Smart Astronomical Telescope TW2 has been launched on the Xiaomi Youpin crowdfunding platform. The impressive TW2 telescope combines a telescope and a digital camera in a single device.

The nebula is possibly being produced by a type of unstable star called a Wolf–Rayet star.

Scientists in China have developed an AI model that analyzes stellar data from different telescopes, helping astronomers combine survey data.

India has unveiled plans to build two new optical-infrared telescopes and a dedicated solar telescope in the Himalayan desert ...

It is the colours of a sunset that inspire Joseph Anderson, an astronomer at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in the high Atacama desert, in northern Chile. “They start off very blue and ...

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