Leo I dwarf galaxy

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Tiny Galaxy’s Giant Black Hole Throws Astronomers for a Loop

A satellite galaxy dwarfed by the Milky Way has a black hole nearly as massive as the one at the center of our galaxy.

Parkes Telescope, aka Murriyang

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The True Nature of the Candidate ET Signal From Proxima Centauri

Human-made interference, not extraterrestrial technology, is responsible for the first candidate "signal of interest" detected by the project Breakthrough Listen.

Theia's hit-and-run collision, in color

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Two Impacts, Not Just One, May Have Formed The Moon

The Moon may have formed in a one-two punch, new simulations suggest.

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