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An immensely powerful flash detected earlier this year was created by a massive star exploding when the universe was just five percent of its current age, astronomers said Tuesday.

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An international team of astronomers, led by SRON, has observed a sudden outburst of matter near the supermassive black hole ...

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A remarkably clean gravitational-wave detection has confirmed long-standing predictions about black holes, including ...

President Donald Trump raised antitrust concerns over the proposed Netflix takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery and said he'll ...