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Dark galaxy
Astronomers have spied a massive galaxy that appears to contain no stars.
By Emily Sohn - Planets
Sounds of Titan
A space probe touches down on an alien, but eerily familiar world and samples its music.
By Emily Sohn - Space
Black hole journey
Research on weird, invisible objects called black holes might help explain how the universe began.
By Emily Sohn - Planets
Unveiling Titan
A space probe that landed on Saturn's frigid moon Titan found a landscape that looks a lot like Earth.
By Emily Sohn - Planets
Icy Orbs at the Solar System’s Edge
A ring at the solar system's outskirts appears to contain smaller objects than expected.
By Emily Sohn - Space
Baby star
Astronomers have observed the earliest twinkles ever picked up from a newborn star.
By Emily Sohn - Space
A dusty birthplace
Evidence of separate bands of dust suggests the presence of a planet orbiting a young star.
By Emily Sohn - Space
Clash of the galaxies
An X-ray image unveils an immense collision between two huge clusters of galaxies.
By Emily Sohn - Planets
A very distant planet says “cheese”
A small red spot may be the first picture ever taken of a planet outside the solar system.
By Emily Sohn - Space
Searching for alien life
A robot rover practices looking for alien life by trekking across the world's driest desert.
By Emily Sohn - Planets
Planet Hunters Nab Three More
Astronomers have spotted three Neptune-size planets outside our solar system.
By Emily Sohn - Planets
Saturn’s New Moons
The Cassini spacecraft has found evidence of lightning and two tiny moons orbiting the ringed planet.
By Emily Sohn