There's no shortage of round celestial objects in our universe. Planets, moons and stars all exhibit lovely spherical shapes.

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Some stars streaking through the Milky Way at millions of kilometers per hour probably trace back to a supermassive black ...

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Earth and space mingle in stunning ways for the 2025 Milky Way Photographer of the Year contest. From the “geological ...

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Located 15,000 light-years away in a region of the Milky Way brimming with stars, gas and dust, this object could be a highly magnetized dead star like a neutron or white dwarf, Curtin University’s ...

Mind-boggling beauty abounds in photographs from around the globe submitted to this year's Milky Way Photographer of the Year ...