Space
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First stars may still shine
Simulations suggest some slow-burning remnants of the early universe may still exist.
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Spacecraft sees signs of 1,200-plus worlds
The Kepler mission releases information on hundreds of newly discovered candidate planets beyond the solar system, including about 50 that could be habitable.
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Atom & Cosmos
Evidence gets stronger that Mars once held an ocean, plus more in this week’s news.
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A galaxy far, far, far away
The Hubble space telescope has observed what may be the most distant celestial object ever observed 13.2 billion light-years from Earth.
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Fresh pics of Mars’ groovy moon
New close-up images of Phobos will help determine the landing site for the first craft slated to touch down there.
- Physics
Tevatron to shut down in September
Citing a lack of funds, the U.S. Department of Energy has essentially pulled out of the race to make the next great discovery in particle physics.
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Neighboring black hole puts on weight
Galaxy M87's massive heart weighs as much as 6.6 billion suns.
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Planck telescope finds cold, weird wonders
Survey's first results reveal the largest galaxy clusters and most frigid objects found in universe so far.
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Today’s weather: thunder and antimatter beams
Positrons appear to be common in terrestrial lightning storms.
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New planet small but tough
Astronomers have confirmed a rocky planet outside the solar system for the first time.
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Superhot solar mystery may be solved
Jets of hot gas heat the sun’s nebulous outer atmosphere to millions of degrees, well above the temperature on the surface, a new study suggests.
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South Pole neutrino detector complete
Scientists lower the last of more than 5,000 sensors into the Antarctic ice, completing the mile-deep IceCube observatory.
