For the first time, scientists have the calculations and simulations to explain mysterious flashes from the galaxy OJ 287.

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Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and the Atacama Large Millimeter/sub-millimeter Array (ALMA), an international ...

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In a cosmic breakthrough, astronomers have detected complex organic molecules frozen in ice outside the Milky Way for the ...

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Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have charted billions of years of galactic evolution, and found that ...