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Hubble shares eerie portrait of constantly changing stars — Space photo of the week

A new image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shows the Lupus 3 cloud in Scorpius bursting with young stars that are forming within collapsing clouds of gas and dust.
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Scientists detect a complex sulfur molecule in interstellar space for the first time

Scientists report the first confirmed detection of thiepine, a complex sulfur-bearing molecule, in an interstellar cloud near the Milky Way’s center.
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Astronomers Find an Odd Space Cloud, Like a Galaxy Without Stars, That Could Shed Light on the Secrets of Dark Matter

Cloud-9, shown in magenta. The circle represents the region where researchers focused their search for stars—the peak of radio emission. NASA, ESA, VLA, Gagandeep Anand (STScI), Alejandro ...
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Hubble telescope discovers 'Cloud-9,' a dark and rare 'failed galaxy' that's unlike anything seen before

Astronomers have revealed a new type of cosmic object called Cloud-9 — a dim, starless gas cloud anchored by a massive dark matter halo that may be the first-confirmed failed galaxy. When you purchase ...

SWORD training platform key to US space superiority, program head says

The U.S. Space Force is positioning its Space Warfighter Operational Readiness Domain as a cornerstone for maintaining space ...