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By combining the power of ground-based and space-based telescopes, astronomers have discovered a new brown dwarf—a type of ...

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It’s a cosmic puzzle piece that doesn’t seem to belong to any known set. We all know the Moon has a side that always faces away from us, but it turns out that far side might be hiding something ...

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For over a decade, a dim but persistent glow near the center of the Milky Way has confused astronomers. This mysterious ...

Scientists at Johns Hopkins may be closing in on dark matter’s elusive trail, uncovering a mysterious gamma ray glow at the ...

An excess of gamma rays in the center of our galaxy could mean scientists have finally detected dark matter particles—or not ...