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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers are ...

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A team using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered a new type of astronomical object—a starless, gas-rich, ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers are monitoring an object headed our way that may have wandered over from another star system. Scientists have discovered what might be only the third known ...