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SPHEREx in space (artist's concept)

Alien Life, Cosmology, Robotic Spaceflight

SPHEREx launches this week to conduct a cosmic census

Top 10 space stories of 2024

Exotic Objects, Galaxies

Unusual spiral quasar seen dancing with a companion

NGC 5486

Galaxies, Stars

Galactic ‘conveyor belt’ circulates elements like carbon in and out of galaxies

The early universe’s ‘Little Red Dots’ are still a big mystery

artist's illustration of a black hole with a jet and orbiting white dwarf

Supermassive black hole births jets, hosts orbiting white dwarf, all while astronomers watch

Cosmology, Galaxies

When everything in the universe changed

Newfound galaxy gives glimpse into the Milky Way’s past

Deep-Sky Objects, Observing

The best deep-sky targets in Taurus

Is it time to rename the Hubble constant?

The Sombrero Galaxy doffs its cap to the power of JWST

Artist's concept of early galaxies forming

JWST spots more light than expected in the early universe