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It's hard to put into words just how striking this new observation of the Orion Nebula is -- but it's not only its striking beauty that has captivated astronomers. Using the HAWK-I infrared instrument on the ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) located...

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Artist's conception of an ultraluminous X-ray source consisting of a small black hole and a nearby companion star. Credit: Jingchuan Yu Weird Black Hole's Incredible Brightness Perplexes Scientists Nov 27, 2013 | Live Science | Mike Wall A black-hole...

NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (SSC-Caltech) Out of the Dust, a Planet is Born In this artist's conception, a possible newfound planet spins through a clearing, detected around the star CoKu Tau 4 by the Spitzer Space Telescope, in a nearby star's...

This artist’s illustration shows a gas giant planet circling a pair of red dwarf stars. Credit: NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon (STScI) Two’s company, but three might not always be a crowd — at least in space. Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope...