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Astronaut takes a mind-bending trip over Earth beneath star trails: Space photo of the day
NASA astronaut Don Pettit captured this stunning long-exposure view of Earth and stars from space at night from the ...
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Researchers Shocked to Learn Earth Could Have Faced Two More ‘Wipe Outs’ After Dinosaurs’ Extinction
As astronomer Carl Sagan once said, we are "made of star stuff," as this research suggests, we may also be at the mercy of it ...
Four planets found orbiting a star 6 light-years from Earth
Astronomers have discovered four planets that are just a fraction of the mass of Earth orbiting Barnard’s Star, which is 6 ...
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Exoplanet nurseries around infant stars can be much smaller than expected: 'It is astonishing'
"As the large and bright discs are the easiest to observe, our previous view of the birth site of planets was biased." ...
Webb Space Telescope captures a star in the making and a galaxy far, far away
The Webb Space Telescope has captured a plume of gas and dust streaming from a star in the making, with a spiral galaxy as a ...
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Mysterious 'Death Star' on The Verge of Exploding Is Hiding a Secret
WR 104 is notable not just for the rarity of Wolf-Rayet stars in the galaxy, but also for the spiral shape its escaping dust ...
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Hubble Space Telescope Spots Chance Alignment 40 Million Light-Years Away from Earth
The subject of today’s NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is the stunning spiral galaxy NGC 5530. This galaxy is situated 40 million light-years away in the constellation Lupus, the Wolf, and ...
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Supernova graveyard? 10 million years ago, neutron stars crashed on Earth, reveal traces
The explosion released elements heavier than iron—like gold and platinum—through a process known as rapid neutron capture ...
Supernovas may have played a role in two of Earth’s largest mass extinctions, study suggests
New research suggests the violent explosions of dying stars may have caused two of Earth’s biggest mass extinctions millions ...
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams return to Earth after 9 months stuck in space
Stuck in space no more, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Earth on Tuesday, hitching a different ...