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What Is the Black Hole Information Paradox?

June 07, 2019 | Article

The universe really likes its information. It doesn't like to create new information, and it doesn't like to destroy any of its existing information.
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Mysterious 'Bridge' of Radio Waves Between Galaxies Seems to Be Smashing the Laws of Physics (But It’s Not)

June 06, 2019 | Article

Researchers discovered a 10-million-light-year-long magnetic field, and it's doing crazy things to electrons.
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China Aces Its 1st Rocket Launch at Sea, Puts 7 Satellites in Orbit

June 05, 2019 | Article

Watch the rocket soar above the Yellow Sea!
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Astronomers Spot Twin Planets Carving Holes in a Brand-New Solar System

June 04, 2019 | Article

The two planets appear to have cleared a wide gap in their young star's protoplanetary disk. This is the first-ever observation of this behavior.
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Most Galaxies Are Moving Away from Us As the Universe Expands. Not This One.

June 04, 2019 | Article

Spiral galaxy is getting closer to our own, the Milky Way.
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Stratolaunch, Builder of World's Largest Airplane, May Be Closing

June 03, 2019 | Article

The world's largest airplane may be grounded after just one flight.
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An Alien Star Was Just Caught Shooting an Enormous Plasma Blast into Space

June 03, 2019 | Article

This observation, the first ever of an alien coronal mass ejection, reveals new details about how stars other than our sun behave.
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Magician's Film of 1900 Solar Eclipse Is World's Oldest Astronomical Movie (And It's Pure Magic)

June 03, 2019 | Article

The filmmaker preserved the event for generations to come.
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Why Does the Moon Keep Flashing Us?

June 01, 2019 | Article

There's something flashing us on the moon, and we don't know what it is. But that might be about to change, thanks to a new telescope.
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Here's What the Universe Looks Like in X-Rays

May 31, 2019 | Article

In NASA's new treasure map of the universe, X-ray marks the spot.
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