Astronomy

  1. Space

    Earth in the black

    Images capture fine details of planet’s night lights.

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  2. Astronomy

    Voyager crossing superhighway to solar system exit

    The latest milestone in a 35-year journey may signal an impending passage to interstellar space.

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  3. Planetary Science

    Mars rover deploys final instrument

    Soil analysis finds organic compounds of uncertain origin.

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  4. Space

    First rock from the sun turns out to have ice

    Frozen material at the planet’s poles likely came from comet or asteroid impacts.

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  5. Astronomy

    Onward and Skyward

    With new efforts aimed at the stars, China seeks to revive its astronomical reputation.

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  6. Space

    Rogue planet found among gang of stars

    Astronomers report the closest such free-floating object to Earth.

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  7. Space

    Super-Earth joins ranks in life-supporting zone

    The large exoplanet lies just 42 light-years away.

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  8. Astronomy

    Violent birth proposed for Saturn’s moon mishmash

    A simulation suggests that giant collisions created Titan and the planet’s many smaller satellites.

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  9. Astronomy

    Prospecting for Quasicrystals

    Siberian journey nets a mineralogical space oddity.

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  10. Astronomy

    The alien next door

    Newly discovered planet is just 4.4 light-years distant.

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  11. Chemistry

    Solar blobs collide with a bounce

    Superhot ejections from the sun surprise physicists by gaining energy of motion in collision.

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  12. Astronomy

    Cohabiting black holes challenge theory

    The observation of two stellar-mass objects in one globular cluster violates existing astrophysical dogma.

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