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Eccentric Encounter Built Massive Protobinary, 3D Orbit Shows

Long-term multiwavelength tracking reveals a near-parabolic orbit with strongly misaligned disks that point to a recent close gravitational encounter as an alternate formation pathway.

Roman Space Telescope Set to Launch Sunday on SpaceX Falcon Heavy

Hubble Releases New Images That Map Young Stars and Ancient Clusters

JWST Finds Early Massive Galaxy That Isn't Rotating

DECam Image Reveals Sombrero Galaxy’s Giant Halo and Stellar Stream

Second Infant Planet Confirmed Forming Around Nearby Star WISPIT 2

Gaia Finds Thousands of Solar Twins, Tying the Sun to a Mass Migration Across the Milky Way

JWST Finds Compact Five-Galaxy Merger From 800 Million Years After the Big Bang

New Images and Holiday Sky Guides Spotlight the Christmas Tree Cluster

Euclid Reveals Orion's Hidden Stars in New Infrared Image From Guiding Test

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

JWST Study Points to Earendel Being a Compact Star Cluster