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Scientists still can’t agree on the universe’s expansion rate
A mismatch in measurements of how fast the universe is expanding might not be real, a study hints.
By Emily Conover | 2:01pm, July 16, 2019
young star disks
News | Astronomy
Gaps in gas disks around stars may not always mark newborn planets
By Lisa Grossman | 8:00am, July 16, 2019
Lisa with moon rocks
Feature | Astronomy
How NASA has kept Apollo moon rocks safe from contamination for 50 years
By Lisa Grossman | 7:00am, July 15, 2019
News | Astronomy
Moons that escape their planets could become ‘ploonets’
By Lisa Grossman | 10:02am, July 09, 2019
Feature | Astronomy
Moonlight shapes how some animals move, grow and even sing
By Erin Wayman | 6:00am, July 08, 2019
composite image of 2017 total solar eclipse
News | Astronomy
How the 2019 eclipse will differ from 2017’s — and what that means for science
By Lisa Grossman | 5:00am, June 30, 2019
Galaxy B14-65666 merger
The –est | Astronomy
The earliest known galaxy merger occurred shortly after the Big Bang
By Lisa Grossman | 6:00am, June 28, 2019
an illustration of a distant galaxy
News | Astronomy
In a first, telescopes tracked a lone fast radio burst to a faraway galaxy
By Maria Temming | 2:00pm, June 27, 2019
Crab Nebula
News | Astronomy
The highest-energy photons ever seen hail from the Crab Nebula
By Emily Conover | 7:00am, June 24, 2019
cosmic Cow
News | Astronomy
The cosmic ‘Cow’ may be a strange supernova
By Lisa Grossman | 10:54am, June 21, 2019
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