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Scientists discover chunk of the universe's missing matter hiding between galaxiesThe total amount of ordinary matter in our universe adds up to roughly one-tenth of what's expected. Now, scientists think they may have found some of it between galaxies.
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'It's absolutely exciting!': Astronomers discover atmosphere around an Earth-like planet in the habitable zone for first timeAstronomers have detected helium escaping from the super-Earth LHS 1140 b, providing the strongest evidence yet that a rocky planet in another star's habitable zone has retained an atmosphere for billions of years.
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James Webb telescope uses trippy Einstein prediction to probe the farthest reaches of the universeSpace photo of the week The James Webb telescope peers through a warped bubble of space-time to study galaxies from the first billion years after the Big Bang.
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'Fireball' meteorite that smashed into New Jersey home contains ingredients of life from ancient proto-planetAmino acids and other "pre-biotic" molecules were spotted in a meteorite that crashed into a New Jersey home in 2024.
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'Shared cosmic experience': 90% of the world's population may see 'once-in-a-millennium' asteroid fly by Earth in 2029Researchers predict that up to 7.6 billion people will be able to see the potentially hazardous asteroid Apophis fly past Earth on April 13, 2029. The skyscraper-size space rock will come closer than some satellites, making it clearly visible to the naked eye.
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Sugar found in raspberries discovered near the center of the Milky WayErythrulose, a sugar found in raspberries, was spotted in a gas and dust cloud near the center of the Milky Way.
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James Webb telescope captures never-before-seen glimpse of 'Centaur' galaxy's battle wounds — Space photo of the weekSpace Photo of the Week A JWST image of the nearby Centaurus A galaxy reveals star dust, collision scars and the fingerprint of a black hole.
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The Milky Way may be wider, heavier, and more lopsided than we realizedNew measurements suggest that two of the Milky Way's spiral arms are around 10% farther away from Earth than we thought. The findings may require experts to revise estimates of the total size of our home galaxy.
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'What we found was striking': Scientists detect new kind of signal from a black hole's 'point of no return'Physicists isolated the "last sound" of an enormous black hole collision, providing an unprecedented glimpse of the region next to the event horizon.
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