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photograph of spiral and elliptical galaxies
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Researchers have detected about a thousand powerful yet fleeting radio signals called fast radio bursts. What do the home galaxies of these bursts tell us about where they come from?

Image of the Sharpless 2-106 star-forming region
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Stars hundreds of times the mass of the Sun likely formed during the universe’s debut into star formation. Could the star J1010+2358 be a direct descendant of one of these elusive first-generation massive stars?

Radar images of the near-Earth object Apophis
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An asteroid named Apophis is almost definitely going to miss Earth during a close flyby in 2029. But could it be diverted onto a more dangerous path through a collision with a smaller asteroid before then?

JWST photograph of the Cartwheel Galaxy
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From planetary systems to colliding galaxies, the universe is full of intricate structures. This month’s roundup examines where three vastly different types of structures come from.

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