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PD Dr Philipp Girichidis at Heidelberg University’s Centre for Astronomy provide insights into our place in the Milky Way and ...

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Astronomers have just confirmed for the first time the existence of a "rogue planet"—a world drifting in space without being ...

For over a decade, the NASA telescope has captured various beautiful pictures of space. These pictures show us various ...