This Stunning Galaxy Is Leaving Us In Its Dust
The Hubble Space Telescope, operated by NASA and the ESA, captured an image of the galaxy NGC 7513, which is currently speeding away from Earth…
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Hubble Just Snapped One Of Its Greatest Images Ever
The Hubble Space Telescope captured an image of a distant galaxy called NGC 2775 that sits 67 million light-years from Earth. The galaxy is packed…
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The Earth's Magnetic Field Just Did Something Scientists Rarely See
Scientists detected a strange ripple through Earth's magnetic field without any obvious source. The wave was detected by scientists around the world, and it wasn't…
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NASA Will Pay You To Design A Moon Toilet
NASA is offering up to $20,000 for your lunar toilet designs in advance of its Artemis missions to the Moon. The toilet has to be…
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Scientists Say Alien Life May Live On Jupiter's Moon Europa
Jupiter's moon Europa may have the conditions necessary to support life, a new study claims. The interior of the planet is believed to be liquid…
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'Hot Start' Theory Says Pluto Once Had A Surface Ocean
New research suggests Pluto once had an ocean on its surface. Evidence for the theory comes from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft which spotted unique cracks…
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A Baby Jupiter Was Just Spotted Orbiting A Nearby Star
Astronomers have spotted a huge gas planet orbiting close to a very young star. The so-called 'hot Jupiter' is particularly young, making it great for…
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What's The Deal With Aliens?
What are the actual odds that we'll discover intelligent alien life in our galaxy? Not good, unfortunately. The size of the Milky Way means it's…
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A Green Glow Has Appeared Around Mars
The Mars Trace Gas Orbiter spotted a phenomenon on Mars that has also been observed around Earth. A green glow outlining the planet is the…
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Study Says There Are 36 Intelligent Alien Races In Our Galaxy
A new study calculates the number of intelligent alien civilizations likely to exist in the Milky Way. The scientists believe there are roughly 36 intelligent…
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Hubble Peers Back In Time And Makes An Astonishing Discovery
Hubble reveals secrets of the early universe, with images that show primordial stars developed far earlier than previously thought. By peering back in time to…
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An Incredibly Tiny Satellite Just Discovered Another World
A tiny exoplanet-hunting satellite called ASTERIA managed to spot a distant world twice the size of Earth. The satellite detected the scorching hot world 55…
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China Is Officially Going To Mars
China's Mars mission is scheduled for July as the country ramps up its space exploration efforts Chinese space group CASC is sending an orbiter and…
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Astronomers Spot A Galaxy Shaped Like A Donut, And It Looks Delicious
Scientists found a donut-shaped galaxy hiding out 11 billion light-years from Earth. The galaxy is making stars at an incredibly fast pace. Researchers believe it…
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Jupiter Could Have Easily Become A Star, And Earth Would Have Been Doomed
The massive gas giant Jupiter could have potentially become a star in the earliest days of the solar system. If Jupiter had become a star,…
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This Ultra-Hot Exoplanet Has Yellow Skies And Iron Rain
Exoplanet WASP-79b is a massive gas giant with incredibly hot atmospheric temperatures. Its atmosphere isn't capable of scattering like in the way that Earth's atmosphere…
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This Incredible Photo Of The Moon Is Actually 'Impossible'
Photographer Andrew McCarthy captured an image of the Moon that is quite literally "impossible." By stitching together over a dozen individual images, McCarthy created a…
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A Black Hole Has Been Hiding Surprisingly Close To Earth
A black hole was discovered lurking quietly in a system just 1,000 light-years from Earth. The black hole, which is part of the system called…
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You Could Own A Massive Chunk Of The Moon If Your Pockets Are Deep Enough
The fifth-largest piece of the Moon known to exist here on Earth is up for sale. At a price of roughly $2.5 million, it's a…
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Hubble Spotted A Comet In The Midst Of Disintegrating, And It's Stunning
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured images of a comet in the midst of fragmentation. Observations of comets as they break up are incredibly rare,…
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A Newly-Discovered House-Sized Asteroid Just Zipped By Earth
An asteroid up to 100 feet in diameter passed closely by Earth early on Wednesday morning. The space rock named 2020 GH2 came closer to…
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Living In Space Might Permanently Make Your Brain Bigger
The brains of astronauts show permanent changes to volume even after returning to Earth, a new study suggests. Space station travelers had brain scans before…
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Here's What Hubble Was Looking At On Your Birthday
NASA's new Hubble search tool shows you what the space telescope was looking at on your birthday in years past. With Hubble's 30th anniversary rapidly…
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The US Won't Have To Wait Long For Another Total Solar Eclipse
The next total solar eclipse for those in the United States will come four years from now, in early April 2024. Unlike the Great American…
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Watch A Black Hole Violently Fire A Jet Of Material Into Space
Astronomers from the Event Horizon Telescope project have released images of a distant quasar with its black hole spewing material into space. The images were…
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Astronomers Explain Why Uranus Is So Weird
Japanese astronomers have a theory to explain all the weird things about Uranus, including its rotation speed and the angle at which it spins. The…
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Boeing Will Have To Reattempt Failed Starliner Test Flight
Boeing will attempt another test flight to the International Space Station without crew members aboard its Starliner spacecraft, the company announced this week. Late last…
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