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An international team of astronomers called the Gaia Collaboration has released a new, updated catalog from the Gaia astronomical satellite. The catalog is staggering:...
A compilation of old and new observations out of Japan has revised a couple of important physical measurements of the Sun in the galaxy: According to...
A new and respectably large sunspot has rotated into view on the face of the Sun, which would be interesting in any case since the Sun...
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There is a whole universe in your brain, but did you ever think that your brain could be a reflection of the vast universe out there?