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New simulations tilt the scales for competing theories about excess gamma ray light at the center of the galaxy ...

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New X-ray observations reveal Betelgeuse’s mysterious companion is not a collapsed stellar remnant but a young, Sun-like ...

The most energetic events in the universe are gamma ray bursts, beams of radiation so intense they could wipe out all life on ...

Researchers analyzing pulsar data have found tantalizing hints of ultra-slow gravitational waves. A team from Hirosaki ...