Jan 6
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High up in Chile’s Atacama Desert, miles away from the dull glow of light pollution, the secluded Atacama Cosmology…
Jan 5
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Space is full of surprises, like this apparent star—which, given the tumultuous circumstances of its formation,…
Dec 28
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When the universe was a fledgling billion years old, a galaxy spewed a ginormous, fast-moving jet of radiation and…
Dec 18
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A European satellite has spotted an unbelievably realistic angelic figure—complete with wings, halo, and heart—in…
Dec 16
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As the famous X-Files poster declares, “I want to believe.” This wanting, however, often leads us astray. When…
Dec 3
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Video of the recent collapse at the Arecibo Observatory, taken from two different perspectives, show the dramatic…
Dec 2
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As feared, the 900-ton instrument platform collapsed yesterday at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, falling…
Dec 1
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The 1,000-foot radio dish at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico has collapsed, according to officials and local…
Nov 24
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Spotted earlier this year, asteroid 2020 CD3 is only the second temporary natural satellite, or minimoon, ever…
Nov 23
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The China National Space Administration’s mission to bring chunks of the Moon back to Earth for the first time in…
Nov 23
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The big dish at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico is on the verge of collapse, leaving officials with no choice…
Nov 20
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Yesterday brought the tragic news that the famous 1,000-foot radio dish at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico wil…
Nov 19
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The recent failure of two support cables at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico has destabilized the structure…
Nov 16
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The Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico is in an exceptionally precarious state following the recent failure of two…
Nov 9
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Another cable has fallen onto the reflector dish at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, in yet another…
Nov 4
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For the first time ever, astronomers have linked an actual object to those mysterious radio bursts they’ve been…
Nov 2
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Free-floating planets are not bound to any star, having been dumped from their original home systems. New research…
Oct 23
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Big news, everyone: NASA says it will reveal “an exciting new discovery about the Moon” on Monday. Any guesses as to…
Oct 22
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Since the 1990s, astronomers have catalogued more than 3,000 exoplanets using a fairly basic detection technique…
Oct 13
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A star 215 million light-years away has been obliterated by a supermassive black hole, making it the closest…