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Astronomy News

• Hubble Studies Star Ages in Colorful Galaxy
  15 Nov 2025
• Mapping Dark Matter
  15 Nov 2025
• Mystery deepens as isolated galaxy forms stars with no obvious fuel
  15 Nov 2025
• ‘Messy’ galaxies in the early universe struggled to settle
  14 Nov 2025
• To make water, exoplanets might just need some pressure
  14 Nov 2025

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