Astronomy

  1. Astronomy

    Supernova to superfluid

    Neutron stars, some of the densest objects in the universe, may be cooled by frictionless liquid sloshing in their cores.

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  2. Space

    Atom & Cosmos

    Evidence gets stronger that Mars once held an ocean, plus more in this week’s news.

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  3. Astronomy

    2010 Science News of the Year: Atom & Cosmos

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  4. Space

    It came from another galaxy

    Extrasolar planet traces its origin outside the Milky Way to an ancient neighboring galaxy.

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  5. Space

    Why Mars is a lightweight

    Two new models of the early solar system try to explain why the Red Planet failed to grow as large as Earth or Venus.

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  6. Astronomy

    Black hole silhouettes

    Scientists attempt to image a shadow and its tumultuous ring.

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  7. Astronomy

    Mars organics get new lease on life

    More than three decades after the Viking mission failed to find compounds necessary for carbon-based life, a new analysis suggests they could actually be present at detectable levels in the planet’s soil.

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  8. Space

    Mining for Missing Matter

    In underground lairs, physicists look for the dark stuff.

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  9. Astronomy

    Celestial wish list

    A panel of astronomers ranks proposed astrophysics projects for the coming decade.

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  10. Astronomy

    Heftiest stars discovered

    At more than 200 times sun’s mass, this giant sets a new record.

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  11. Astronomy

    The universe according to Planck

    Science News editor in chief Tom Siegfried reports on a new image of the early cosmos from the Euroscience Open Forum meeting in Turin, Italy.

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  12. Planetary Science

    Hubble hunting for Jupiter bruise

    No scar found yet on planet from June 3 crash with unidentified object.

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