An ‘odd couple’ of kissing stars created by a cannibalistic feeding dance

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When the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) launched on Christmas Day 2021, astronomers hoped it would revolutionise our understanding of the early stages of the Universe. And they were right. Almost a

Get sucked into an astronomical mystery as we get in a spin with the universe’s heaviest objects.

SNR 0509-67.5. Calcium is shown in blue and ...

Flicking through the pages of BBC Sky at Night Magazine each month, you’d be forgiven for thinking astronomers have black holes pinned down. Whether it’s the dramatic imaging of black hole shadows by

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