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Tiny Galaxy, Big Find: Black Hole Discovered in Nearby Segue 1

October 27, 2025 • by Emily Howard

Students discovered a surprise in the heart of a nearby dwarf galaxy.

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A pair of pinkish molecular clouds dotted with bursts of light in space represent star-forming activity.

Oden Institute

Born Together: A New Look at Binary Stars

October 17, 2025 • by Olivia Castillo

Illustration of the Wolf 1130ABC triple system, composed of the red dwarf star Wolf 1130A, its close and compact white dwarf companion Wolf 1130B, and the distant brown dwarf tertiary Wolf 1130C. The three components of this system are shown scaled to their relative sizes. Image credit: Adam Burgasser, UCSD.

McDonald Observatory

A Cosmic Puzzle: Phosphine Found in One Brown Dwarf, Missing in Others

October 2, 2025 • by Emily Howard