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Satellites detected strange gravity signal coming from deep within Earth almost 20 years ago, study revealsResearchers have discovered there was an anomaly in Earth's gravitational field between 2006 and 2008, potentially caused by a mineral shift deep within Earth's mantle. GRACE satellites detected a strange gravity signal at the time.
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New 'quasi-moon' discovered in Earth orbit may have been hiding there for decadesA near-Earth asteroid lurked undetected for decades until a telescope in Hawaii spotted it earlier this year. It may be Earth's newest quasi-moon.
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Scientists think they detected the first known triple black hole system in the universe — and then watched it dieChinese astronomers have spotted a hidden supermassive black hole in the background of a peculiar gravitational wave event from a black hole merger, hinting that all three singularities were locked in a never-before-seen triple system.
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Scientists use Stephen Hawking theory to propose 'black hole morsels' — strange, compact objects that could reveal new physicsViolent black hole collisions may create black hole 'morsels' no larger than an asteroid — and these bizarre objects could pave the way to unlocking new physics, a study claims.
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New dwarf planet discovered beyond the orbit of NeptuneAstronomers have announced the discovery of a new dwarf planet in our solar system, named 2017 OF201. Located far beyond Neptune, it orbits the sun every 25,000 years.
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Physicists take step toward a 'theory of everything'A new physics paper takes a step toward creating a long-sought "theory of everything" by uniting gravity with the quantum world. However, the new theory remains far from being proven observationally.
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Can you burp in space?Gravity plays a big role in burping, so could an astronaut burp in space?
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Astronomers discover doomed planet shedding a Mount Everest's worth of material every orbit, leaving behind a comet-like tailAstronomers discovered a planet that orbits its star so closely that its surface is being scorched into magma and vaporizing into space.
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Black holes may obey the laws of physics after all, new theory suggests"The singularity is the most mysterious and problematic part of a black hole. It's where our concepts of space and time literally no longer make sense."
