Space

  1. Astronomy

    24-eyed telescope takes full-sky movies every night

    The Evryscope, a 24-telescope array in northern Chile, will nearly continuously watch for changes in the southern sky.

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  2. Astronomy

    Young black holes evade detection

    Supermassive black holes should be growing in the first billion or so years after the Big Bang, but astronomers can’t find them.

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  3. Astronomy

    Faint red stars can build water worlds drip by drip

    Rocky planets around faint red stars have a hard time getting water, but they’re still probably the most common habitable locales in the Milky Way, new computer simulations suggest.

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  4. Planetary Science

    Quest to trace origin of Earth’s water is ‘a complete mess’

    Understanding the origin of Earth’s water is hard enough, and it’s made harder by not knowing where all that water is hiding.

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  5. Planetary Science

    Mini moons may zip around Earth

    Mini moons may buzz around Earth, and they make great targets for space missions.

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  6. Astronomy

    Cosmic threads may hide some of universe’s missing matter

    Half the normal matter in the universe might be hiding in cosmic threads strung between clusters of galaxies.

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  7. Planetary Science

    Map of Ceres’ surface shows surprises

    Clusters of craters on Ceres and smooth landscapes hint at an unusual past for the dwarf planet.

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  8. Planetary Science

    New results from Philae lander offer first close-up of a comet

    Philae’s bouncy journey across comet 67P allowed it to check out two very different sites before taking a detailed look at both the inside and outside of the comet.

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  9. Life

    Encountering an unexpected Pluto and life’s complexity

    Just as genetic analyses are revealing details of life’s long history, the New Horizons probe is bringing the fuzzy surface of Pluto into focus.

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  10. Astronomy

    Distant star has northern lights–like display

    A dim star shows signs of auroral lights, the first detected on a body that’s not a planet or moon.

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  11. Planetary Science

    Pluto’s icy landscape comes into view

    The New Horizons flyby reveals varied terrain and evidence of active geology on Pluto.

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  12. Planetary Science

    Ice flows, haze offer more clues to Pluto’s geology

    New Horizons’ latest data reveal more hints about Pluto’s shrinking atmosphere and possible underground ocean.

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