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Webb Unveils Sagittarius B2, the Milky Way’s Largest Star-Forming Cloud, in Unprecedented Detail

Scientists will use the new data to investigate why this galactic-center cloud outperforms its surroundings in making stars.

Webb Reveals 8-Light-Year Protostellar Jet, Bolstering Massive-Star Formation Theory

Day-Long, Repeating Gamma-Ray Burst From Distant Galaxy Challenges Standard Models

Brightest Fast Radio Burst Precisely Located in Nearby Galaxy Using CHIME Outriggers

Nature Study Reveals Rare Supernova That Exposed a Star’s Inner Layers

Black Hole-Star Encounter Likely Sparked Rare Double-Peaked Supernova

LVK Confirms Record-Breaking 225-Solar-Mass Black Hole Merger

Webb Marks Third Anniversary With Infrared Views of Star-Forming Cores in Cat’s Paw Nebula

Trapped Jets in Massive Stars Revealed as Source of Fast X-Ray Transients

Nearby Supernovae Linked to Two Ancient Mass Extinctions on Earth

Nearby Supernovae Linked to Two Ancient Mass Extinction Events

Water Found to Have Existed 100–200 Million Years After the Big Bang

Rare Binary Star Pair Observed in X-Ray Flash by Einstein Probe

Astronomers Capture First Close-Up Image of a Star Beyond the Milky Way