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"We showed that a void model is about one hundred million times more likely than a void-free model." Earth, its cosmic home the Milky Way, and even the very local region of universe around us could be ...

Sometime in the early stages of the universe, two galaxies violently collided to create a massive and rare ring galaxy. Lurking some 11 billion light years from Earth, the gargantuan galaxy produced ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The "cosmic pinwheel" that astronomers feared could one day shower Earth with lethal gamma rays ...

In April 2019, a rare and significant meteorite event captivated the scientific community when primitive meteorites fell near the town of Aguas Zarcas in northern Costa Rica. These meteorites are like ...