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helium hyrdide ion
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The first type of molecule to form in the universe has been seen in space
The chemistry of the universe began with helium hydride. Scientists have just seen it in outer space for the first time.
By Maria Temming | 1:00pm, April 17, 2019
Pierre-Simon Laplace
Context | Astronomy
Black hole image validates imagining the unimaginable
By Tom Siegfried | 6:00am, April 12, 2019
Kazunori Akiyama
The Science Life | Astronomy
Meet one of the first scientists to see the historic black hole image
By Emily Conover | 4:02pm, April 11, 2019
ALMA telescope
News | Astronomy
How scientists took the first picture of a black hole
By Maria Temming | 9:57am, April 10, 2019
illustration of a black hole
News | Astronomy
All you need to know about the history of black holes
By Emily Conover | 9:14am, April 10, 2019
supermassive black hole at M87
News | Astronomy
The first picture of a black hole opens a new era of astrophysics
By Lisa Grossman | 9:10am, April 10, 2019
planetesimal
News | Astronomy
This planetary remnant somehow survived the death of its sun
By Maria Temming | 2:00pm, April 04, 2019
Virgo mirror
News in Brief | Astronomy
The LIGO and Virgo gravitational wave detectors are back on
By Emily Conover | 11:22am, April 01, 2019
News | Astronomy
4 things we’ll learn from the first closeup image of a black hole
By Lisa Grossman | 9:58am, March 29, 2019
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News | Astronomy
X-ray ‘chimneys’ connect the Milky Way to mysterious gamma-ray bubbles
By Emily Conover | 2:00pm, March 20, 2019
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