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The Large Magellanic Cloud

Physics

Intergalactic collision birthed a sparkling ring of young stars

Virgo cluster of galaxies

Physics

Galaxy’s rapid growth spurt may have spawned 3000 suns per year

A faint red star can be seen next to a mich brighter pair of stars that appear as one

Space

Proxima Centauri really does orbit its two bright neighbours

Mars's dry surface

Environment

A dash of hydrogen and methane could have kept Mars warm

Hubble Space Telescope image of star in the constellation Monoceros

Space

Double star may light up the sky as rare red nova in six years

Space

Uranus might have two dark moons we’ve never seen before

NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman captured this image from the International Space Station and posted it to social media on Sept. 28, 2014, writing, "The Milky Way steals the show from Sahara sands that make the Earth glow orange."

Space

Super-dim galaxy may be one of hundreds orbiting the Milky Way

The Large Magellanic Cloud

Space

Milky Way’s baby brother caught copying its star shredding habit

Space

Kamikaze galaxy explodes after diving into the Milky Way

planet heading for a yellow sun

Physics

Gang of gas giants may have tilted distant planet system

The galaxy M82

Space

Hyperactive galaxy could run out of gas in just 8 million years

Red star surrounded by ordinary white stars. V838 Monocerotis, another red nova which erupted in 2002

Space

Mating stars hide their modesty behind a thick veil of dust