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Farthest Galaxy Yet Smashes Cosmic Distance RecordThe Hubble Space Telescope has calculated the distance to the most far-out galaxy ever measured — GN-z11 — providing scientists with a look deep into the history of the universe.
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Gravitational Waves: Did Merging Black Holes Form from Single Star?Can two black holes be born from a single star? A new idea could explain the merger of two black holes that led to the historic first direct detection of gravitational waves.
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Gravitational Waves: What Their Discovery Means for Science and HumanityThe first-ever direct detection of gravitational waves will open up an entirely new window on the universe, researchers say.
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In Historic First, Einstein's Gravitational Waves Detected Directly100 years after Albert Einstein first proposed these ripples in spacetime as part of his theory of relativity astrophysicists have found proof of their existence.
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Tribute to a Starman: David Bowie Mourned by Astronauts, ScientistsAstronauts, scientists and members of the spaceflight industry are joining people all over the world in mourning the death of music icon David Bowie, who passed away yesterday (Jan. 10).
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Stephen Hawking: Intelligent Aliens Could Destroy Humanity, But Let's Search AnywayFamed physicist Stephen Hawking helped launch a major new search for intelligent alien life, despite having strong fears that such creatures would destroy humanity.
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Cosmic Confusion: Talk of Multiverses and Big Errors in Astrophysics -
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New Evidence May Identify Mystery Object at Milky Way Galaxy's CoreKnown to many as "G2," the unidentified object making a loop around the monster black hole at the center of our galaxy could be a cloud of gas, or it could be a star, depending on who you ask.
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NASA Satellite Quartet Aims to Crack Magnetic Mystery Near EarthThe Magnetospheric Multiscale mission, which will study a cosmic phenomenon that is both dazzling and dangerous for people on Earth, is scheduled to launch into orbit on Thursday (March 12).
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3D Laser Scanner Makes Haunting Works of ArtTwo historians on a mission to preserve historic structures in Ethiopia inadvertently turned a cutting-edge 3D scanning device into a tool for creating works of art.
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Art from Technology: 3D Scanner Makes Gorgeous ImagesA 3D scanning device inadvertently helped two historians create beautiful and haunting works of art.
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Say Cheese! Hubble Telescope Sees Cosmic Smiley Face in SpaceThe universe is smiling today — at least, that's what it looks like in a new space photo that appears to feature a smiling face emerging from the light of the universe.
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'Faster-Than-Light' Illusion Could Help Unveil Cosmic SecretsA "faster-than-light" experiment could be a real-world tool for studying the cosmos, according to research presented this month at the 225th American Astronomical Society meeting in Seattle.
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Zigzag Physics: Loophole Makes Light Particles Act Drunk -
NASA Probe Snaps Amazing New Views of Dwarf Planet Ceres (Photos, Video)NASA's Dawn spacecraft has captured amazing new images of the dwarf planet Ceres ahead of the probe's March 6 arrival at the giant space rockk. See the images here.
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Milky Way's Monster Black Hole Unleashes Record-Breaking X-ray Flare -
Cosmic Case of Missing Stars Baffles ScientistsA massive population of stars is missing, and scientists are stumped as to where it could be.
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Never-Before-Seen Particles Discovered at Swiss Collider -
Three Fireballs Lit Up US Skies Monday, But One Might Be FakeHundreds of witnesses saw three different fireballs streak above different locations in the US, but one of them might not have been a fireball at all.
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Earth's Water Existed 135 Million Years Earlier than ThoughtScientists have found evidence of water in our inner solar system 135 million years earlier than previously thought.
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Universe's Biggest Explosions Shaped by Extreme Magnetic FieldsScientists have captured the best view yet of how gamma-ray bursts, the most powerful explosions in the universe, are shaped by extreme magnetic fields around black holes.
