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According to astronomer Andrew Levan, there's an old adage in studying gamma ray bursts: "When you've seen one gamma ray burst, you've seen ... only one gamma ray burst. They aren't all the same," he said during a press ...

This year, there have been some epic auroral displays, and astrophotographer Ole C. Salomonsen has just released this new video which includes real-time recordings of these "polar spirits." "My main focus is on getting t...

Ancient iron-loving bacteria may have scooped up evidence of a nearby supernova explosion 2.2 million years ago, leaving an extraterrestrial iron signature in the fossil record, according to German researchers presenting...

The next European cargo mission to the International Space Station is preparing for launch, and in this new image, a fuelling operator at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana inspects the ATV-4 Albert Einstein as it is fi...

With the arrival of spring, the Milky Way begins its rise in the sky in the northern hemisphere. Now visible at dawn in the skies over Portugal at dawn, astrophotographer Miguel Claro captured this stunning 21-image mosa...