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Deep space has just delivered a cosmic curveball: an object that behaves so strangely it appears to break the rules astronomers use to describe how the universe grew up. The discovery centers on an ...

Astronomers have identified a strange new object in deep space, a vast cloud that looks like a galaxy stripped of its stars.

Despite its unmemorable name, J2322-2650 is a strange system. A Jupiter-sized exoplanet orbits an energetic neutron star, which constantly bombards it with gamma rays. Now, a team of astronomers has ...

Scientists using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope now think the "little red dots" spotted in the early universe could be a new kind of space object. They call it a "black hole star." Credit: T.

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December is the month that fans of the 3I/ATLAS interstellar comet have been waiting for. In a matter of days, the strange space object that has become a cultural phenomenon is due to get as close to ...

The brightness map captured by Hubble represents the state of 3I/ATLAS after its perihelion, showing how the interstellar ...