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Galaxy
Calculating the stars in the cosmos is like trying to calculate the total number of sand grains on a beach, it’s not possible. Even though approximations differ among different experts, the overall a…
Ask a scientist for our cosmic address, and you'll get quite a mouthful. Here we are, on planet Earth, which spins on its axis and revolves around the Sun, which orbits in an ellipse arou…
It has been dubbed the most mysterious star in the galaxy. The star, more than 1,200 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus the Swan, flickers and dims in a way never seen before. The starligh…
Astronomers have discovered a galaxy as big as the Milky Way that consists almost entirely of dark matter, a mysterious and invisible substance that scientists have been trying to figure out fo…