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Astronomers Look to the Large Magellanic Cloud to Study How Stars Are Born
The Large Magellanic Cloud is a nearby dwarf galaxy glowing with star birth. Just 160,000 light-years away, it hosts vast nebulae like the Tarantula and historic events such as Supernova 1987A, offering astronomers a rare, close-up laboratory to study how stars form, evolve, and explode.
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Astronomers Detect RBFLOAT, Brightest Fast Radio Burst Ever Observed
An international team of astronomers has detected RBFLOAT, the brightest fast radio burst (FRB) ever recorded, just 130 million light-years away in Ursa Major. Detected by CHIME in March 2025, the powerful radio flash was traced to galaxy NGC-4141. Follow-up imaging with the James Webb Space Telescope revealed a faint stellar source near the burst,...
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Brightest Gamma-Ray Burst Ever Observed Reveals Cosmic Secrets
On October 9, 2022, astronomers detected GRB 221009A, the most powerful gamma-ray burst ever recorded, earning the nickname “BOAT” (Brightest Of All Time). This rare, once-in-10,000-year event came from a galaxy 2 billion light-years away and temporarily blinded gamma-ray detectors. It revealed new insights into stellar death, as the associated...
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The Universe’s Brightest Lights Have Surprisingly Dark and Mysterious Origins
NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has revealed that some of the universe’s brightest light sources originate near supermassive black holes in galaxy centres. These active galactic nuclei emit intense radiation, including gamma rays and X-rays, despite black holes themselves being invisible. Their powerful jets and high-energy emissions cha...
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New Study Uncovers Shadowy Origins of Universe’s Most Luminous Phenomena
NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has revealed that some of the universe’s brightest light sources originate near supermassive black holes in galaxy centres. These active galactic nuclei emit intense radiation, including gamma rays and X-rays, despite black holes themselves being invisible. Their powerful jets and high-energy emissions cha...
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Hubble Captures Closest View of Quasar 3C 273, Revealing Mysterious Structures
The Hubble Space Telescope has provided an unprecedented view of quasar 3C 273, one of the brightest objects in the universe, unveiling mysterious features near its core. These include an L-shaped structure and blobs, likely smaller galaxies feeding the quasar’s black hole. The discovery also highlights a massive jet spanning 300,000 light-years ...
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Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra Display Might Not Be as Bright as OnePlus 12, Leaked Specifications Suggest
OnePlus 12 is likely to arrive in the coming months with the brightest display on a smartphone, based on the leaked specifications of another flagship phone. The OLED display on the OnePlus 12 could be brighter than both the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra or the recently launched iPhone 15 Pro Max, according to the leaked specifications.
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Janhvi Kapoor's Manish Malhotra Lehenga Is So Glitzy, You Could Probably Spot It From Outer Space
Janhvi Kapoor's silver embellished lehenga can make the brightest stars in the galaxy look dull
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Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Has the Best Smartphone Display Ever Tested, Says DisplayMate
The most notable property of Galaxy Note 8’s display is its brightness that can hit a maximum of 1,200 nits
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Scientists Discover New Galaxy 1,000 Times Brighter Than The Milky Way
Scientists have discovered a very distant galaxy, some 10 thousand million light years away, which is about 1,000 times brighter than the Milky Way.
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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Captures the Universe's Brightest Galaxies
"These ultra-luminous galaxies are very rare. Gravitational lensing magnifies them so that you can see small details that otherwise are unimaginable."
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'Brightest Supernova' Result Of Giant Black Hole Destroying Star
An intense flare detected last year in a distant galaxy about four billion light years from Earth, considered to be the brightest supernova ever observed, is actually a tidal disruption event (TDE) -- the destruction of a star by a rapidly spinning super massive black hole, suggests new research.
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CR7 Galaxy - Cristiano Ronaldo Gets a Sky Full Of Stars Named After Him
Cristiano Ronaldo, one of the brightest stars of modern football, now has a galaxy named after him. COSMOS Redshift 7 or CR7, as it's popularly known, is one of the oldest galaxies in the universe.
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Pogie awards for the brightest ideas of 2012
Pogies celebrate the best ideas of the year that somehow made it past the lawyers, through the penny-pinching committees and into real-world tech gadgets.
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Astronomers Look to the Large Magellanic Cloud to Study How Stars Are Born
The Large Magellanic Cloud is a nearby dwarf galaxy glowing with star birth. Just 160,000 light-years away, it hosts vast nebulae like the Tarantula and historic events such as Supernova 1987A, offering astronomers a rare, close-up laboratory to study how stars form, evolve, and explode.
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Astronomers Detect RBFLOAT, Brightest Fast Radio Burst Ever Observed
An international team of astronomers has detected RBFLOAT, the brightest fast radio burst (FRB) ever recorded, just 130 million light-years away in Ursa Major. Detected by CHIME in March 2025, the powerful radio flash was traced to galaxy NGC-4141. Follow-up imaging with the James Webb Space Telescope revealed a faint stellar source near the burst,...
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Brightest Gamma-Ray Burst Ever Observed Reveals Cosmic Secrets
On October 9, 2022, astronomers detected GRB 221009A, the most powerful gamma-ray burst ever recorded, earning the nickname “BOAT” (Brightest Of All Time). This rare, once-in-10,000-year event came from a galaxy 2 billion light-years away and temporarily blinded gamma-ray detectors. It revealed new insights into stellar death, as the associated...
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The Universe’s Brightest Lights Have Surprisingly Dark and Mysterious Origins
NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has revealed that some of the universe’s brightest light sources originate near supermassive black holes in galaxy centres. These active galactic nuclei emit intense radiation, including gamma rays and X-rays, despite black holes themselves being invisible. Their powerful jets and high-energy emissions cha...
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New Study Uncovers Shadowy Origins of Universe’s Most Luminous Phenomena
NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has revealed that some of the universe’s brightest light sources originate near supermassive black holes in galaxy centres. These active galactic nuclei emit intense radiation, including gamma rays and X-rays, despite black holes themselves being invisible. Their powerful jets and high-energy emissions cha...
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Hubble Captures Closest View of Quasar 3C 273, Revealing Mysterious Structures
The Hubble Space Telescope has provided an unprecedented view of quasar 3C 273, one of the brightest objects in the universe, unveiling mysterious features near its core. These include an L-shaped structure and blobs, likely smaller galaxies feeding the quasar’s black hole. The discovery also highlights a massive jet spanning 300,000 light-years ...
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Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra Display Might Not Be as Bright as OnePlus 12, Leaked Specifications Suggest
OnePlus 12 is likely to arrive in the coming months with the brightest display on a smartphone, based on the leaked specifications of another flagship phone. The OLED display on the OnePlus 12 could be brighter than both the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra or the recently launched iPhone 15 Pro Max, according to the leaked specifications.
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Janhvi Kapoor's Manish Malhotra Lehenga Is So Glitzy, You Could Probably Spot It From Outer Space
Janhvi Kapoor's silver embellished lehenga can make the brightest stars in the galaxy look dull
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Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Has the Best Smartphone Display Ever Tested, Says DisplayMate
The most notable property of Galaxy Note 8’s display is its brightness that can hit a maximum of 1,200 nits
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Scientists Discover New Galaxy 1,000 Times Brighter Than The Milky Way
Scientists have discovered a very distant galaxy, some 10 thousand million light years away, which is about 1,000 times brighter than the Milky Way.
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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Captures the Universe's Brightest Galaxies
"These ultra-luminous galaxies are very rare. Gravitational lensing magnifies them so that you can see small details that otherwise are unimaginable."
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'Brightest Supernova' Result Of Giant Black Hole Destroying Star
An intense flare detected last year in a distant galaxy about four billion light years from Earth, considered to be the brightest supernova ever observed, is actually a tidal disruption event (TDE) -- the destruction of a star by a rapidly spinning super massive black hole, suggests new research.
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CR7 Galaxy - Cristiano Ronaldo Gets a Sky Full Of Stars Named After Him
Cristiano Ronaldo, one of the brightest stars of modern football, now has a galaxy named after him. COSMOS Redshift 7 or CR7, as it's popularly known, is one of the oldest galaxies in the universe.
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Pogie awards for the brightest ideas of 2012
Pogies celebrate the best ideas of the year that somehow made it past the lawyers, through the penny-pinching committees and into real-world tech gadgets.
