Scientists have directly imaged eight dim objects accompanying very bright stars within the Gaia data catalog, including so-called "failed stars," otherwise known as brown dwarfs. Following up on Gaia ...

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In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have stumbled upon a powerful and mysterious astrophysical object in the NGC 4945 galaxy, which lies about 11 million light-years away from Earth. This ...

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