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Explore the bonds between some of the universe’s notable couples.

Cosmic Couples and Devastating Breakups

Cosmic Couples and Devastating Breakups

Scientists discovered the first gamma-ray eclipses from a special type of binary star system using data from NASA’s Fermi.

NASA's Fermi Detects First Gamma-Ray Eclipses From ‘Spider' Star Systems

NASA's Fermi Detects First Gamma-Ray Eclipses From ‘Spider' Star Systems

Hundreds of black holes previously hidden, or buried, have been found using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory.

Astronomers Dig Out Buried Black Holes with NASA's Chandra

Astronomers Dig Out Buried Black Holes with NASA's Chandra

Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have recorded a star's final moments in detail as it gets gobbled up by a black hole.

Hubble Finds Hungry Black Hole Twisting Captured Star Into Donut Shape

Hubble Finds Hungry Black Hole Twisting Captured Star Into Donut Shape

Using data from NASA's TESS, scientists have identified an Earth-size world, called TOI 700 e, orbiting within the habitable zone of its star.

NASA's TESS Discovers Planetary System's Second Earth-Size World

NASA's TESS Discovers Planetary System's Second Earth-Size World

The Exoplanet Watch project invites you to use your smartphone or personal telescope to help track worlds outside our solar system.

NASA Wants You to Help Study Planets Around Other Stars

NASA Wants You to Help Study Planets Around Other Stars

A new analysis of distant galaxies imaged by NASA’s Webb shows that they share similarities to “green peas,” a rare class of small galaxies in our cosmic backyard.

NASA's Webb Telescope Reveals Links Between Galaxies Near and Far

NASA's Webb Telescope Reveals Links Between Galaxies Near and Far

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NASA's Webb Uncovers Star Formation in Cluster's Dusty Ribbons

NGC 346, one of the most dynamic star-forming regions in nearby galaxies, is full of mystery. Now, it is less mysterious with new findings from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope.

Neutron Star Merger Simulation with Gamma-ray Observations

This animation follows gravitational wave and density changes in a simulated neutron star merger.

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This colorful image, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, celebrates the Earth-orbiting observatory’s 28th anniversary of viewing the heavens, giving us a window seat to the universe’s extraordinary stellar tapestry of birth and destruction. At the center of this image is a monster young star 200,000 times brighter than our Sun that is blasting powerful ultraviolet radiation and hurricane-like stellar winds, carving out a fantasy landscape of ridges, cavities, and mountains of gas and dust.

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