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Beautiful Image of Ice at Mars' Northern Polar Cap
A Second Planet May Have been Found Orbiting Proxima Centauri! And it's a Super Earth.
It Takes Two Stars to Make a Gamma Ray Burst
A new study by researchers from the University of Warwick shows how Gamma Ray Bursts can only occur with binary systems.
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Underwater Robot Captures its First Sample 500 Meters Below the Surface of the Ocean
Weekly Space Hangout: January 15, 2020 - Dr Erin Explains the Universe
LightSail 2 is Still Solar Sailing, But it's Getting Lower and Lower with Each Orbit
Carnival of Space #646
Balloon-Based Cosmic Ray Observatory is Now on its Second Trip Around Antarctica
The SuperTIGER-2 flight just completed its second tour around Antarctica in its mission to determine the origin and nature of cosmic rays.
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New View of the Swan Nebula From NASA's Airborne SOFIA Telescope
Using the SOFIA telescope, a team of NASA astronomers have conducted the most detailed survey of the interior of the Swan Nebula to date.
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Almost 800,000 Years Ago, an Enormous Meteorite Struck Earth. Now We Know Where.
In About 3 Million Years, WASP-12b Will Spiral into its Star and be Consumed
A new study led by Princeton researchers has confirmed that in the long run, hot Jupiters are destined to be devoured by their suns.
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Hubble Finds Teeny Tiny Clumps of Dark Matter
Using data from Hubble and the gravitational lensing technique, a team of astronomers have found definitive evidence that Dark Matter is indeed "cold".
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There's a new method to measure the expansion rate of the Universe, but it doesn't resolve the Crisis in Cosmology
The Perfect Stars to Search for Life On Their Planets
TESS Finds a Planet That Orbits Two Stars
An Upcoming Impact With the Magellanic Clouds is Already Causing Star Formation in the Milky Way
A new study presented at the 235th meeting of the AAS this week shows how star formation is already happening thanks to the expected collision between the Milky Way and the LMC.
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A Huge Wave is Passing Through the Milky Way Unleashing New Stellar Nurseries
Chang'e-4 Wraps Up a Year Roving on the Far Side of the Moon
During its 370 days on the lunar surface, China's Yutu 2 rover has broken multiple records - including distance traveled and total time spent on the surface.
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TESS Finds its First Earth-Sized World in the Habitable Zone of a Star
