At least 7 stars in our galaxy have the potential to harbor advanced alien technology, researchers find

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dyson sphere
Scientists still haven't found proof that Dyson spheres exist, but a new study has significantly narrowed the search for these super-advanced alien megastructures.

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Astronomers say we may live at the center of a cosmic void 2 billion light-years wide that defies the laws of cosmology

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The KBC void
New research suggests the KBC void is a 2 billion light-year-wide expanse of relatively empty space, and our galaxy sits right near the center of it.

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10 James Webb space photos reveal cosmic nurseries where stars come to life

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Collage of stellar nurseries
A very young star forming within the dark cloud L1527 (top left), the "Cosmic Cliffs" (top right), the Tarantula Nebula (bottom left), and the Chameleon I molecular cloud (bottom right).

NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/Webb ERO Production Team. Image processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Alyssa Pagan (STScI), Anton M. Koekemoer (STScI), Mahdi Zamani (ESA/Webb).

'Once-in-a-lifetime' cosmic explosion set to light up the night sky, NASA says

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Artist's concept of a nova explosion.

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13 breathtaking images NASA's James Webb Space Telescope took this year that changed our understanding of the universe

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Four images taken by JWST showing the Orion nebula (upper left), Uranus (upper right), a Wolf-Rayet star (lower left), and the Ring Nebula (lower right).

NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Webb ERO Production Team, ESA/Webb, M. Barlow (UCL), N. Cox (ACRI-ST), R. Wesson (Cardiff University) M. Zamani (ESA/Webb), and the PDRs4All ERS Team

An astronomer explains why the universe looks black even though it contains 200 billion trillion stars

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James Webb Space Telescope's view of Pandora's Cluster.

NASA, ESA, CSA, Ivo Labbe (Swinburne), Rachel Bezanson (University of Pittsburgh)

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope breaks another record, discovering the smallest star-like object astronomers have ever seen

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Star cluster IC 348 is shown here with bright stars and pink and yellow gas.
Central portion of the star cluster IC 348 as seen by JWST.

NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, K. Luhman (Penn State University), and C. Alves de Oliveira (ESA)

The top dark sky parks in all 50 states with the clearest nights to enjoy mesmerizing meteor showers

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Map of the US at night lit up.
Map of the US at night lit up.

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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope reveals a secret star Hubble missed, maybe solving the mystery of a dying star's multi-layered nebula

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nebula in space with a pink bubble center and a textured orange ring surrounding it with wavy blue hazy lines and faint concentric arcs expanding out into space
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured the Ring Nebula in unprecedented detail with its mid-infrared instrument.

ESA/Webb, NASA, CSA, M. Barlow (UCL), N. Cox (ACRI-ST), R. Wesson (Cardiff University)

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope spotted a question mark in deep space. It could be 2 galaxies colliding.

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giant orange question mark in the middle of galaxies and bright blue star-like lights in space
NASA, what is this?

NASA, ESA, CSA. Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI)

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