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A Planet ‘Just Right’ for Life? Perhaps, if It Exists
What ever happened to the Goldilocks planet? It was big news back in September 2010 when a group led...
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Spacetime: A Smoother Brew Than We Knew
Spacetime may be less like beer and more like sipping whiskey. Or so an intergalactic photo finish may suggest....
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The Milky Way Now Has a Twin (or Two)
Research presented at the International Astronomical Union General Assembly has found the first group of galaxies that is just...
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Sun’s Plasma Loops Rcreated in Lab to Help Understand Solar Physics
In orbit around Earth is a wide range of satellites that we rely on for everything from television and...
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Giant Dying Star Caught Devouring Alien Planet
A swollen star near the end if its life has been caught devouring one of its own planets —...
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Should Big Bang Step Aside for Big Chill?
The start of the universe should be modeled not as a Big Bang but more like water freezing into...
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Star Clusters on a Collision Course
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope recently observed two clusters full of massive stars that appear to be in the early...
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Sun Dominates Space Weather Concerns for Next Decade
A new report based on input from the science community outlines the most pressing objectives over the next decade...
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Extreme Galaxy Cluster Birthing Stars at Excessive Rate
The newly discovered Phoenix cluster may be one of the most extreme objects ever observed, being among the most...
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LHC Experiments Shed Light on Primordial Universe
The primordial particles of matter that existed just after the big bang are now being re-created in the Large...