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It's Official: The Universe Is Dying SlowlyThe slow death of the universe was revealed in 21 wavelengths, as scientists map the energy of a nearby region of space.
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Satellite Spies Super Typhoon Soudelor from Space (Photo)From the safety of space, NASA observed the most powerful storm of the year.
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Hubble Telescope Captures Spectacular New Views of 'Pillars of Creation'Amazing new images of the Eagle Nebula's iconic Pillars of Creation from the Hubble Space Telescope reveal how the nebula has changed 20 years after Hubble's first photo of the region.
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Water Vapor Found on Neptune-size Alien Planet -
UFO Sighting? No, Just Google's 'Rogue' Balloon -
We'll Find Alien Life in This Lifetime, Scientists Tell CongressOver the next two decades, scientists should have results from the three methods of searching for alien life.
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Doomed Space Cloud Nears Milky Way's Black Hole as Scientists WatchA cloud of gas headed for the heart of the Milky Way could provide insight into how black holes are supersized.
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For Small Asteroids, Sunlight Spawns Dust (and Maybe Death)The dusty surface of small asteroids is born by extreme temperature shifts between periods of sunlight and darkness, a cycle of drastic changes that break up space rocks over time, scientists say.
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Galaxy 'Serial Killer' Caught in the Act of a Galactic Gobble (Video, Photos)An observatory in Chile has caught sight of a cosmic killer: a galaxy that has destroyed at least one of its galactic neighbors.
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'Zebra Stripes' in Earth's Magnetic Field Have Surprising SourceStrange stripelike features in Earth's magnetic field are caused by the planet's spin, and not by the constant bombardment of solar particles as previously thought, scientists say.
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Asteroid Found with Rings! First-of-Its-Kind Discovery Stuns Astronomers (Video, Images)Scientists have made a stunning discovery in the outer realm of the solar system — an asteroid with its own set of rings that orbits the sun between Saturn and Uranus.
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High-Tech Telescope 'MUSE' Creates 3D Views of the Universe (Video, Images)A new telescope tool for peering into the cosmos and creating three-dimensional views of the universe has passed its first major test at a European observatory in Chile's high desert.
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Pew! Pew! Pew! Space Station Laser to Beam HD Video to EarthInformation gathered by planetary and deep space craft may soon be streaming back to Earth in the form of a laser rather than by radio waves.
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Where's Planet X? NASA Space Telescope Discovers Thousands of New Stars, But No 'Nemesis'Despite finding a slew of new stellar bodies outside the solar system, NASA's WISE telescope discovered no suggestion of a brown dwarf companion to the sun or a massive hidden planet.
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Monster Black Hole Spins at Half the Speed of Light -
'Black Widow' Star Consumes Cosmic Companion (Video)A fast-spinning star destroys its companion, much as a black widow spider consumes its mate.
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Scientists to Create Coldest Spot in Universe on Space Station (Video) -
Black Holes Heated Early Universe Slower Than Previously ThoughtBlack holes acting as companions to early stars may have taken more time to raise the temperature of the ancient universe than previously thought, a new study suggests.
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Structure of 'Baby Milky Way' Galaxy Seen for the First TimeAstronomers have gotten their first clear look at galaxy in the very early universe that could have become somewhat like the Milky Way.
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Super Bowl Space Tech: NASA Makes the Big Game PossibleFrom helmets to headsets to football-players-turned astronauts, NASA and the Super Bowl have a number of things in common.
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The North Star Polaris Is Getting BrighterFar from remaining steady, the North Star has grown as much as 4.6 times brighter over the last 2,000 years.
