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Your excellent question affords us the opportunity to distinguish between near-certain astronomical predictions and those which are far less so. Astronomers predict that our home galaxy and the ...

A blip of light in the outer reaches of the Milky Way might be a bizarre black hole born at the beginning of time itself—and the long-sought solution to the mystery of dark matter. Astronomers are ...

A rare black moon will happen tonight Aug. 22-23. A seasonal black moon happens every 33 months. Since a black moon is a new moon, you might be able to spot the Milky Way and the dumbbell nebula. A ...

Astronomers have discovered a dense stellar nursery packed with infant stars in a vast "cosmic ink blot." The team made the discovery using one of the most powerful digital cameras in the world: the ...