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Using the polarization of light, researchers revealed information about the geometry of the explosion that other types of observation cannot provide.

Students discovered a surprise in the heart of a nearby dwarf galaxy.

A new study involving astronomer Stella Offner manages to pierce the universe’s dark, hazy cosmos for a glimpse at infant stars in relationship.

The explosive compound forms naturally in the atmospheres of Jupiter and Saturn, but on Earth it is also a byproduct of anaerobic life.

The James Webb Space Telescope offers a new view of a planetary nebula located about 3,400 light-years away in the constellation Scorpius.

The galaxy contains far more star-forming clumps than current theoretical models can explain.

Lauren Biddle, a UT postdoc, finds about one-third of young Sun-like stars are born with misaligned protoplanetary disks.

A team of astronomers from UT’s Cosmic Frontier Center have identified the most distant black hole ever confirmed.

Over 250 hours of observations from the world’s most powerful telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope, are freely available to the public.

One of the largest single structures in the sky, the cloud is about 40 moons across, but not visible to the unaided eye.