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Astronomers Witness X-ray Burst from Newborn Neutron Star
Astronomers have discovered a newborn neutron star in a rare pairing with an old red giant companion.
"Coreshine" in a Cloud's Black Heart
The infrared Spitzer Space Telescope peers into hidden star-forming regions to see the illuminated insides of dark cocoons.
Ancient Galaxies Finally Get Together
It's taken some 10 billion years, but a compact group of small galaxies is at last merging into a single big one.