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Recent discoveries by astronomers have revealed the presence of repeating fast radio bursts (FRBs) emanating from a region ...

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Today in the history of astronomy, NASA announces evidence of material being consumed by the black hole at the center of our ...

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NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will help scientists better understand our Milky Way galaxy's less sparkly ...