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NASA’s Dragonfly Mission to Explore Saturn’s Moon Titan Comes Into Sharper Focus

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NASA’s Dragonfly Mission to Explore Saturn’s Moon Titan Comes Into Sharper Focus

NASA’s Year-Long Simulated Mission to Mars Would Probably Kick Your Arse

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NASA’s Year-Long Simulated Mission to Mars Would Probably Kick Your Arse

This Blasted Star Is Getting the Hell Out of the Milky Way

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This Blasted Star Is Getting the Hell Out of the Milky Way

Astronomers Spot Two Unusually Red Objects in the Asteroid Belt

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Astronomers Spot Two Unusually Red Objects in the Asteroid Belt

Epic Meteors Will Shower the Skies in August

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Epic Meteors Will Shower the Skies in August

Physicists See Light Echoing From Behind a Black Hole for the First Time

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Physicists See Light Echoing From Behind a Black Hole for the First Time

Newly Launched ‘Galileo Project’ Will Hunt for Alien Technologies in Our Midst

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Newly Launched ‘Galileo Project’ Will Hunt for Alien Technologies in Our Midst

NASA Captures Spooky Photo of the Moon’s Shadow on Earth During an Eclipse

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NASA Captures Spooky Photo of the Moon’s Shadow on Earth During an Eclipse

Astronomers Confirm Discovery of Moon-Forming Disk Around Young Exoplanet

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Astronomers Confirm Discovery of Moon-Forming Disk Around Young Exoplanet

A Super-Pressure Balloon Will Keep This Telescope in the Air for Weeks

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A Super-Pressure Balloon Will Keep This Telescope in the Air for Weeks

Rebooted Hubble Telescope Wastes No Time, Captures Cool New Pics of Misfit Galaxies

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Rebooted Hubble Telescope Wastes No Time, Captures Cool New Pics of Misfit Galaxies

Physicists Get a Unique View of a Destroyed Comet

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Physicists Get a Unique View of a Destroyed Comet

Evidence of Life Could Exist Just Beneath Europa’s Icy Surface

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Evidence of Life Could Exist Just Beneath Europa’s Icy Surface

One Day, Black Holes Will Be All That’s Left of This Star Cluster

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One Day, Black Holes Will Be All That’s Left of This Star Cluster

An Ancient Hypernova Filled This Star With Unusual Elements

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An Ancient Hypernova Filled This Star With Unusual Elements

Astronomers Spot a Batch of Rogue Planets Near the Galactic Core

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Astronomers Spot a Batch of Rogue Planets Near the Galactic Core

Astronomers Found an Ultra-Dense White Star the Size of Our Moon

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Astronomers Found an Ultra-Dense White Star the Size of Our Moon

Here Are 16 of the Best Astronomy Photos of 2021

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Here Are 16 of the Best Astronomy Photos of 2021

Construction Of The World’s Biggest Radio Telescope Is Officially Underway

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Construction Of The World’s Biggest Radio Telescope Is Officially Underway

José Rodríguez Jr.

Astrophysicists Detect Black Holes and Neutron Stars Merging, This Time for Certain

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3 months ago

Astrophysicists Detect Black Holes and Neutron Stars Merging, This Time for Certain

Astronomers Think They have Spotted a Rare Kind of Supernova Only Predicted to Exist

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3 months ago

Astronomers Think They have Spotted a Rare Kind of Supernova Only Predicted to Exist

Clouds on Venus Are Too Dry to Sustain Life as We Know It, New Research Suggests

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3 months ago

Clouds on Venus Are Too Dry to Sustain Life as We Know It, New Research Suggests

Aliens From 1,715 Stars Could’ve Seen Earth Over the Past 5,000 Years, Study Suggests

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3 months ago

Aliens From 1,715 Stars Could’ve Seen Earth Over the Past 5,000 Years, Study Suggests

Hubble Space Telescope Takes Another Look at ‘Weird’ Galaxy That Seems to Lack Dark Matter

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3 months ago

Hubble Space Telescope Takes Another Look at ‘Weird’ Galaxy That Seems to Lack Dark Matter

Mirrors That Detect Ripples in Space-Time Were Frozen to Near Absolute Zero

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3 months ago

Mirrors That Detect Ripples in Space-Time Were Frozen to Near Absolute Zero

The Mystery of Betelgeuse’s Weird Dimming Is Likely Solved

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The Mystery of Betelgeuse’s Weird Dimming Is Likely Solved

Aliens Wouldn’t Need Warp Drives to Take Over an Entire Galaxy, Simulation Suggests

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Aliens Wouldn’t Need Warp Drives to Take Over an Entire Galaxy, Simulation Suggests

Gigantic ‘Blinking’ Star Presents a Cosmic Mystery

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Gigantic ‘Blinking’ Star Presents a Cosmic Mystery

The 9 Best Photos of This Morning’s Sunrise Eclipse

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The 9 Best Photos of This Morning’s Sunrise Eclipse

The 15 Best Milky Way Photos of 2021

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The 15 Best Milky Way Photos of 2021

13 Spectacular Pics of the ‘Super Blood Moon’ Eclipse From Around the World

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13 Spectacular Pics of the ‘Super Blood Moon’ Eclipse From Around the World

How To Watch Tonight’s Super Blood Moon In Australia

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How To Watch Tonight’s Super Blood Moon In Australia

This Fuzzy Image Shows a Spiral Forming Soon After the Big Bang

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4 months ago

This Fuzzy Image Shows a Spiral Forming Soon After the Big Bang

Metal Was Leaking From Interstellar Comet Borisov When It Zipped Past Us in 2020

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Metal Was Leaking From Interstellar Comet Borisov When It Zipped Past Us in 2020

Actually, Venus Isn’t The Closest Planet To Earth

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Actually, Venus Isn’t The Closest Planet To Earth

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Natural Radio Signals Detected in Venus’s Atmosphere

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5 months ago

Natural Radio Signals Detected in Venus’s Atmosphere

60 Million Stars and Not One Alien Detected

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5 months ago

60 Million Stars and Not One Alien Detected

Why Is A Pink Super Moon So Special If It’s Not Even Pink?

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5 months ago

Why Is A Pink Super Moon So Special If It’s Not Even Pink?

How And When To See Tonight’s Pink Super Moon In Australia

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How And When To See Tonight’s Pink Super Moon In Australia

Expanding Cloud From ‘Volcanic’ Star Revealed in Mesmerising New Hubble Image

5 months ago

Expanding Cloud From ‘Volcanic’ Star Revealed in Mesmerising New Hubble Image

Unusually Massive Flare From Nearby Star a Bad Sign for Alien Life

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Unusually Massive Flare From Nearby Star a Bad Sign for Alien Life

Astronomers Don’t Know What Our Black Hole Ate, but They Definitely Saw It Belch

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5 months ago

Astronomers Don’t Know What Our Black Hole Ate, but They Definitely Saw It Belch

In a Scientific First, Astronomers Capture a Complete View of Venus’s Orbital Dust Ring

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5 months ago

In a Scientific First, Astronomers Capture a Complete View of Venus’s Orbital Dust Ring

New Video Puts Iconic Image of Black Hole in a Cosmic Context

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5 months ago

New Video Puts Iconic Image of Black Hole in a Cosmic Context

A Trio of Extreme Brown Dwarfs Have Been Found Spinning at Their Physical Limits

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6 months ago

A Trio of Extreme Brown Dwarfs Have Been Found Spinning at Their Physical Limits

NASA’s First Weather Report from Mars Is Here and You Might Want to Grab a Jacket or 12

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6 months ago

NASA’s First Weather Report from Mars Is Here and You Might Want to Grab a Jacket or 12

April Is a Great Month for Spotting Meteors

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6 months ago

April Is a Great Month for Spotting Meteors

Physicists Think They have Spotted a Very Rare Black Hole

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6 months ago

Physicists Think They have Spotted a Very Rare Black Hole

Astronomers Spot X-Rays Coming From Uranus

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6 months ago

Astronomers Spot X-Rays Coming From Uranus

Where Are All the Aliens? Maybe Trapped in Underground Oceans

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6 months ago

Where Are All the Aliens? Maybe Trapped in Underground Oceans

Amateur Astronomer Spots a Rare Visible Nova

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6 months ago

Amateur Astronomer Spots a Rare Visible Nova

Astronomers Spotted a Black Hole Casually Gliding Through Space

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6 months ago

Astronomers Spotted a Black Hole Casually Gliding Through Space

Having Lost Its Original Atmosphere, This Freaky Planet Is Now Growing a New One

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6 months ago

Having Lost Its Original Atmosphere, This Freaky Planet Is Now Growing a New One

New Model of Ancient Astronomical Device Reveals a ‘Creation of Genius’

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6 months ago

New Model of Ancient Astronomical Device Reveals a ‘Creation of Genius’

Cleanup Costs at the Damaged Arecibo Observatory Could Reach $65 Million

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7 months ago

Cleanup Costs at the Damaged Arecibo Observatory Could Reach $65 Million

Hubble Captures Stunning View of a Spiral Galaxy

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7 months ago

Hubble Captures Stunning View of a Spiral Galaxy

Abigail Allwood’s Hunt for Alien Fossils on Mars Has Begun

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7 months ago

Abigail Allwood’s Hunt for Alien Fossils on Mars Has Begun

This New Image of Venus Shouldn’t Actually Exist

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7 months ago

This New Image of Venus Shouldn’t Actually Exist

Watch Jupiter and Mercury Hug It Out in March

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7 months ago

Watch Jupiter and Mercury Hug It Out in March

Computer Simulations Suggest Martian Moons Were Separated at Birth More Than a Billion Years Ago

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7 months ago

Computer Simulations Suggest Martian Moons Were Separated at Birth More Than a Billion Years Ago

We’re Absolutely Surrounded By Double Stars, New 3D Map Suggests

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7 months ago

We’re Absolutely Surrounded By Double Stars, New 3D Map Suggests

Move Over ‘Farout,’ Astronomers Confirm ‘Farfarout’ Is the Solar System’s Most Distant Known Object

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7 months ago

Move Over ‘Farout,’ Astronomers Confirm ‘Farfarout’ Is the Solar System’s Most Distant Known Object

Astronomers Looking for One Black Hole May Have Found an Entire Squad

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7 months ago

Astronomers Looking for One Black Hole May Have Found an Entire Squad

Astronomers Found a ‘Benjamin Button’ Galaxy

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7 months ago

Astronomers Found a ‘Benjamin Button’ Galaxy

Annual ‘Star Count’ Could Reveal How Covid-19 Has Affected Light Pollution

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7 months ago

Annual ‘Star Count’ Could Reveal How Covid-19 Has Affected Light Pollution

Gorgeous New Image Shows a Pinwheel Galaxy in Exquisite Detail

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7 months ago

Gorgeous New Image Shows a Pinwheel Galaxy in Exquisite Detail

George Dvorsky

SpaceX Nabbed NASA’s SPHEREx Launch Contract

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7 months ago

SpaceX Nabbed NASA’s SPHEREx Launch Contract

Elizabeth Blackstock

Astronomers Found an Ancient Galaxy with a Halo of Dark Matter

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8 months ago

Astronomers Found an Ancient Galaxy with a Halo of Dark Matter

Intriguing ‘Life’ Signal on Venus Was Plain Old Sulphur Dioxide, New Research Suggests

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8 months ago

Intriguing ‘Life’ Signal on Venus Was Plain Old Sulphur Dioxide, New Research Suggests

George Dvorsky

Sweet View From Deep Space Shows Earth, Venus, and Mars in a Single Frame

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8 months ago

Sweet View From Deep Space Shows Earth, Venus, and Mars in a Single Frame

George Dvorsky

The Stories Behind Aboriginal Star Names

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8 months ago

The Stories Behind Aboriginal Star Names

Duane W. Hamacher

Mars Is the Star of the Show for Astronomy Fans This February

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8 months ago

Mars Is the Star of the Show for Astronomy Fans This February

Ammonia May Lurk in the Ice of Saturn’s Moons, a Clue to Possible Oceans

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8 months ago

Ammonia May Lurk in the Ice of Saturn’s Moons, a Clue to Possible Oceans

Rare Planet With Three Suns Has a Super Weird Orbit

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8 months ago

Rare Planet With Three Suns Has a Super Weird Orbit

George Dvorsky

Two Failed Stars in Our Cosmic Neighbourhood Seem to Have… Stripes?

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8 months ago

Two Failed Stars in Our Cosmic Neighbourhood Seem to Have… Stripes?

George Dvorsky

Astronomers Calculate Universe’s Age With Atacama Desert Telescope

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9 months ago

Astronomers Calculate Universe’s Age With Atacama Desert Telescope

The Best Meteor Showers to Keep an Eye Out for in 2021

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9 months ago

The Best Meteor Showers to Keep an Eye Out for in 2021

Jonti Horner and Tanya Hill

This ‘Unusual Star’ Is Unlike Anything Astronomers Have Seen Before

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9 months ago

This ‘Unusual Star’ Is Unlike Anything Astronomers Have Seen Before

George Dvorsky

A Rare Planetary Trio Will Light up the Night Sky This Month

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9 months ago

A Rare Planetary Trio Will Light up the Night Sky This Month

A Massive Radioactive Jet From the Early Universe Has Been Spotted

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9 months ago

A Massive Radioactive Jet From the Early Universe Has Been Spotted

Jupiter and Saturn Are About to ‘Kiss’ For the First Time Since 1623

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9 months ago

Jupiter and Saturn Are About to ‘Kiss’ For the First Time Since 1623

This Eerily Festive Scene on Mars Is Genuinely Unnerving

9 months ago

This Eerily Festive Scene on Mars Is Genuinely Unnerving

Discoveries That Really, Really Seemed Like Aliens

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9 months ago

Discoveries That Really, Really Seemed Like Aliens

A Black Hole Collided With Something That Shouldn’t Exist

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9 months ago

A Black Hole Collided With Something That Shouldn’t Exist

What’s The Loudest Sound In The Universe?

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9 months ago

What’s The Loudest Sound In The Universe?

Hubble Found Something Weird About How The Universe Is Expanding

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9 months ago

Hubble Found Something Weird About How The Universe Is Expanding

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Newly Discovered Ghostly Circles in the Sky Can’t Be Explained by Current Theories

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10 months ago

Newly Discovered Ghostly Circles in the Sky Can’t Be Explained by Current Theories

Ray Norris

Drone Video Shows Dramatic Moment of Arecibo Observatory Collapse

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10 months ago

Drone Video Shows Dramatic Moment of Arecibo Observatory Collapse

Gut-Wrenching Photos Show Damage at Arecibo Observatory Following Collapse

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10 months ago

Gut-Wrenching Photos Show Damage at Arecibo Observatory Following Collapse

Iconic Dish at Arecibo Observatory Has Collapsed

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10 months ago

Iconic Dish at Arecibo Observatory Has Collapsed

Here’s What We Know About Earth’s Second Detected ‘Minimoon’

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10 months ago

Here’s What We Know About Earth’s Second Detected ‘Minimoon’

Watch: China Is Launching Its Chang’e-5 Spacecraft to Get Some Moon Rocks of Its Own

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10 months ago

Watch: China Is Launching Its Chang’e-5 Spacecraft to Get Some Moon Rocks of Its Own

‘A Magically Surreal Symbol of Human Ingenuity’: Scientists Reflect on Arecibo’s Doomed Big Dish

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10 months ago

‘A Magically Surreal Symbol of Human Ingenuity’: Scientists Reflect on Arecibo’s Doomed Big Dish

Arecibo Observatory’s Greatest Triumphs

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10 months ago

Arecibo Observatory’s Greatest Triumphs

Arecibo Heartbreak: Iconic SETI Dish Will Be Demolished Due to Risk of ‘Catastrophic’ Collapse

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10 months ago

Arecibo Heartbreak: Iconic SETI Dish Will Be Demolished Due to Risk of ‘Catastrophic’ Collapse

800-Tonne Platform Threatens to Crush Famed Arecibo Observatory Dish

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10 months ago

800-Tonne Platform Threatens to Crush Famed Arecibo Observatory Dish

George Dvorsky

Second Cable Fails at Arecibo, Causing Even More Damage to Famed SETI Dish

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10 months ago

Second Cable Fails at Arecibo, Causing Even More Damage to Famed SETI Dish

George Dvorsky

Mysterious Radio Burst in Our Galaxy Came From a Magnetar

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11 months ago

Mysterious Radio Burst in Our Galaxy Came From a Magnetar

George Dvorsky

Warped Starlight Reveals Smallest Rogue Planet Known to Science

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11 months ago

Warped Starlight Reveals Smallest Rogue Planet Known to Science

George Dvorsky

Aliens From These Worlds Could Be Watching Us Right Now

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11 months ago

Aliens From These Worlds Could Be Watching Us Right Now

George Dvorsky