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Astronomers found a massive black hole that spent ages in a "quiet" phase when everything around it in the early universe ...

A bizarre 53.8-minute cosmic radio signal defies physics, with neutron stars and white dwarfs as potential sources, ...

Over the years, I have featured many articles about our sun, including sunspots, solar flares, cycles and its activity. Last week was a landmark occasion for NASA as a sophisticated solar probe ...