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Astronomers detect a supernova brighter than all the Milky Way’s stars combined
This may be the earliest supernova ever detected....
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New Horizons’ next target: spotted
NASA successfully observed the Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69 as it passed in front of a star — for two seconds....
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Is the Moon's mantle wet?
New studies of volcanic deposits indicate our satellite’s interior contains more water than we thought....
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NASA unveils detailed maps and flyby videos for New Horizons anniversary.
Now you can relive the historic flyby with these releases. ...
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Making Contact: Jill Tarter and the SETI Search
A new book explores the famed astronomer’s career and lifetime of searching the skies....
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Ending all life on Earth would take a pretty big object
Like, say, a large asteroid or dwarf planet.
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"Alien megastructure" star may be a sign of a dying world
Or, what disintegrating planets tell us about solar system formation....
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The hunt is on for planets around some of our closest neighboring stars
Keep your eyes on the skies with the Red Dots team....
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We’ve just found one of the brightest star-forming galaxies yet
This distant galaxy is a thousand times brighter than our own....
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Now is your chance to fund a groundbreaking SETI project
Laser SETI will be the first all-sky-all-the-time SETI survey....
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Juno gets up close and personal with Jupiter’s Great Red Spot
You won’t want to miss the best pictures we’ve ever taken of this Earth-sized storm....
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Shifting ice on Jupiter’s moon could probe its interior
Why planetary scientists want to capture the sounds of an icy world....
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Help find exoplanets with EVE Online
Now you can find exoplanets while playing an online game....
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New exoplanet challenges formation models
Take a closer look at the fast-spinning system that spawned an exoplanet we can image… but don’t understand....
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Astronomers just discovered the smallest star ever
While on the search for exoplanets, the team came across this tiny companion....
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