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Space Oddity: 10 Bizarre Things Earthlings Launched into Space in 2018
December 29, 2018 | CountdownThis past year, engineers launched many oddities into space, including a Tesla Roadster, a gold-plated canopic jar and a cosmic disco ball.
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Christmas 'Hippo' Asteroid Is Buzzing Earth, Its Closest Flyby in 400 Years
December 22, 2018 | ArticleA small asteroid is flying safely by Earth Saturday (Dec. 22) and according to the folks at NASA, it looks just like the mighty hippo in new radar images.
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Newfound Object Is the Farthest Solar System Body Ever Spotted
December 19, 2018 | ArticleA newly discovered object is the most-distant body ever observed in the solar system — and the first object ever found circling at more than 100 times the distance from Earth to the sun.
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Saturn Is Losing Its Rings
December 19, 2018 | ArticleChances are, you wouldn't recognize Saturn without its trademark thick band of rings. But if you could travel 300 million years into the future, you would need to, because by then, chances are those rings would be gone — and they could disappear even fast
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Massive Star Is So Big It Gives Birth to a Tiny Twin
December 18, 2018 | ArticleIt's one of the first times such a stellar phenomenon has been observed.
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Bizarre 'Dark Fluid' with Negative Mass Could Dominate the Universe
December 17, 2018 | ArticleForget about dark matter and dark energy, new research suggests that the existence of 'dark fluid' may solve some of the biggest mysteries in physics.
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Could Life on Mars Be Lurking Deep Underground?
December 16, 2018 | ArticleTo find life on Mars, scientists may need to "go deep."
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NASA's Insight Lander on Mars Spotted from Space
December 16, 2018 | ArticleNASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter photographed the InSight lander, as well as the hardware that helped the stationary robot ace its Nov. 26 touchdown on the equatorial plain known as Elysium Planitia.
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Where DOES Space Begin? Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Flies Right into the Debate
December 13, 2018 | Article"SpaceShipTwo, welcome to space," reads a triumphant tweet from Virgin Galactic posted during today's successful test flight after the company's vehicle reached 51.4 miles (82.7 kilometers) in altitude.
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Comet Will Make Closest Approach to Earth This Weekend. And You Can See It Without a Telescope.
December 13, 2018 | ArticleAs comets blaze across the night sky, they can bring wonder and excitement to those watching from Earth – or even a sense of impending doom.
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