Space

  1. Space

    Astronomers spot leftover light from ancient stars

    Ancient photons leave their mark in high-energy radiation from powerful galaxies.

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  2. Life

    Hunting dark matter with DNA

    Particle physicists propose a new way to detect dark matter using the molecule of life.

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  3. 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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  4. Humans

    The man behind Sarcastic Rover

    NASA’s newest rover, Curiosity, wasn’t alone on Mars for long.

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  5. Astronomy

    Prospecting for Quasicrystals

    Siberian journey nets a mineralogical space oddity.

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  6. Astronomy

    The alien next door

    Newly discovered planet is just 4.4 light-years distant.

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  7. Planetary Science

    Scientists probe fresh Martian meteorite 

    Rock holds clues to Red Planet’s atmosphere and surface conditions.

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  8. 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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  9. Space

    Superfast star spotted orbiting Milky Way’s black hole

    Upcoming gravitational close encounter will test relativity theories in the extreme.

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  10. 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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  11. Space

    Atom & Cosmos

    The gassy halo engulfing the Milky Way, a comet in the neighborhood, and extraterrestrial rocks as the source of life on Earth.

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  12. Astronomy

    No companion in supernova debris

    Explosion probably resulted from two white dwarfs.

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