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The interactive online map, created using data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, details some 800,000 galaxies across a vast cosmic distance. Scrolling and zooming in can take users some 13.5 ...

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In “Things That Go Bump in the Universe,” the astronomer C. Renée James writes about what we can learn from the more exotic shapes and sounds in outer space. By Rebecca Boyle Rebecca Boyle is a ...

Astronomers and musicians have developed “sonifications” to bring the symphony of the cosmos to a wider audience. Illustration by Emily Lankiewicz / NASA, JPL-Caltech, Susan Stolovy (SSC/Caltech) et ...