Baby Boom: Ancient Galaxy Fires Out New Stars at Record Pace
Astronomers peering into the early history of the universe have spotted perhaps the most productive star-forming galaxy ever found. Full story
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In a cosmic first, astronomers have discovered a black hole chowing down on what may be a giant rogue planet. Full story
Galaxy secrets revealed by Hubble telescope
Images of Messier 106, a spiral galaxy 20 million light years away, reveal an active black hole and four spiral arms. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.
Galaxy cluster is biggest structure ever seen
A glowing cosmic structure millions of light-years long represents the aftermath of the impact of two merging galaxy clusters, researchers say. Full story
Distant black holes weighed on cosmic 'scale'
Swirling gas around black holes may be the key to estimating the masses of black holes otherwise too distant to weigh, according to a new study. Full story
Deepest glimpses of the universe yet
The Hubble Space Telescope's iconic "Deep Field" photo wowed the world in 1996 by revealing a huge collection of galaxies hiding inside a patch of the sky that looked like nothing more than blank space. Now NASA plans to image six more "empty" bits of sky for a whole new set of deep fields that coul Full story
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