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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • August 11th, 2015
Astronomers See the Universe Dying All Around Us

Astronomers See the Universe Dying All Around Us

Study of over 200,000 galaxies reveals the cosmos is fading

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • August 10th, 2015
Astronauts Aboard the ISS Feast on Space-Grown Lettuce

Astronauts Aboard the ISS Feast on Space-Grown Lettuce

They are the first people ever to eat food grown in space

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • August 8th, 2015
Strange Mountain on Ceres Is Bright on One Side, Dark on the Other

Strange Mountain on Ceres Is Bright on One Side, Dark on the Other

The mountain has recently been imaged by NASA's Dawn probe

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • August 7th, 2015
NASA's August 26 Orion Test Flight Will Purposely End in Failure

NASA's August 26 Orion Test Flight Will Purposely End in Failure

Two of the spacecraft's parachutes will not deploy

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • August 7th, 2015
Dying Star's Carcass Kind of Resembles a Cosmic Soap Bubble

Dying Star's Carcass Kind of Resembles a Cosmic Soap Bubble

A bubble measuring 4 light-years across, that is

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • August 5th, 2015
Confused Star Is Behaving like a Black Hole, Shooting Massive Jets

Confused Star Is Behaving like a Black Hole, Shooting Massive Jets

Astronomers thought this behavior was unique to black holes

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • August 1st, 2015
Hubble Witnesses Dying Star's Final Moments, Delivers Stunning Image

Hubble Witnesses Dying Star's Final Moments, Delivers Stunning Image

The dying star has given birth to a planetary nebula

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • August 1st, 2015
NASA Releases Video of Mammoth Asteroid That Flew by Us on July 24

NASA Releases Video of Mammoth Asteroid That Flew by Us on July 24

The space rock comprises two lobes, resembles a peanut

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • July 31st, 2015
Philae Zooms In on Building Blocks of Life on Comet 67P/C-G

Philae Zooms In on Building Blocks of Life on Comet 67P/C-G

The probe landed on its target comet in last year's November

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • July 31st, 2015
Three Super-Earths Found Orbiting Nearby Star

Three Super-Earths Found Orbiting Nearby Star

The same star is orbited by a giant planet

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • July 31st, 2015
Dwarf Planet Pluto Might Hide an Ocean Under Its Surface

Dwarf Planet Pluto Might Hide an Ocean Under Its Surface

This would explain the orb's surface geology

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • July 30th, 2015
Video Shows Alien Auroras on Brown Dwarf 20 Light-Years Away

Video Shows Alien Auroras on Brown Dwarf 20 Light-Years Away

And they are thousands of times brighter than any on Earth

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • July 29th, 2015
Brace Yourselves, a Blue Moon Will Be Upon Us This Friday, July 31

Brace Yourselves, a Blue Moon Will Be Upon Us This Friday, July 31

Except it won't be blue, not even in the slightest

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • July 28th, 2015
Dead Star Comes Back to Life, Albeit Only for a While

Dead Star Comes Back to Life, Albeit Only for a While

Such cosmic resurrections are a rare sight, astronomers say

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • July 28th, 2015
NASA Shares 1977 Message to Aliens on SoundCloud

NASA Shares 1977 Message to Aliens on SoundCloud

The message was carried into space by the Voyager probes

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • July 28th, 2015
Hubble Spies on Dwarf Galaxy 60 Million Light-Years Away

Hubble Spies on Dwarf Galaxy 60 Million Light-Years Away

The galaxy is about 10 times smaller than our Milky Way

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • July 27th, 2015
NASA Scientist: Asteroid Bennu Definitely Packs Organic Materials

NASA Scientist: Asteroid Bennu Definitely Packs Organic Materials

Bennu was discovered in 1999, NASA will soon visit it

 
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