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With the most powerful radio telescope in the southern hemisphere, we have observed a twinkling star and discovered an ...

An international team led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE) has discovered the most distant spiral galaxy candidate known ...

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Slushy hailstones of ammonia and water were part of a bizarre theory to explain the planet's poorly mixed atmosphere. These mushballs seem to be real, say UC Berkeley scientists.