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The Arietids – One Of The Best And Most Difficult To Watch Meteor Showers Of The Year – Peaks This Weekenda dark hill silhoutte under the milky way and some meteor trails The Arietids – One Of The Best And Most Difficult To Watch Meteor Showers Of The Year – Peaks This Weekenda dark hill silhoutte under the milky way and some meteor trails

The Arietids – One Of The Best And Most Difficult To Watch Meteor Showers Of The Year – Peaks This Weekend

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NASA's MAVEN Will Crash Into Mars Within A 100 Years – Joining One Of The Solar System's Largest Spacecraft GraveyardsThe Maven spacecraft is quite boxy with wide solar panels and it is rendered flying about the red planet

NASA's MAVEN Will Crash Into Mars Within A 100 Years – Joining One Of The Solar System's Largest Spacecraft Graveyards

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NASA Calls Off ISS Astronauts' Shelter Order After Air Leak Threatened Possible EvacuationIFLScience breaking news

NASA Calls Off ISS Astronauts' Shelter Order After Air Leak Threatened Possible Evacuation

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JWST Just Measured The Mass Of A Dormant Black Hole 15 Times Further Than The Previous Record – "Something Completely Impossible Before"artist impression shows jwst on one side, the reconstructed original galaxy on the other and in the middle the gravitationally lensing cluster

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JWST Just Measured The Mass Of A Dormant Black Hole 15 Times Further Than The Previous Record – "Something Completely Impossible Before"artist impression shows jwst on one side, the reconstructed original galaxy on the other and in the middle the gravitationally lensing cluster
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JWST Just Measured The Mass Of A Dormant Black Hole 15 Times Further Than The Previous Record – "Something Completely Impossible Before"

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For Over 50 Years Astronomers Looked For The Wind From The Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole – They Have Finally Found Ittwo overlapping clouds of different colors perfectly matching where one ends and the other begins

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For Over 50 Years Astronomers Looked For The Wind From The Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole – They Have Finally Found Ittwo overlapping clouds of different colors perfectly matching where one ends and the other begins
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For Over 50 Years Astronomers Looked For The Wind From The Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole – They Have Finally Found It

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Latest Revelations From 3I/ATLAS Show An Unusual Comet Rich In Methane And Absolutely No Traces Of Alien TechA handful of radio antennas and overlaid many colorful lines

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Latest Revelations From 3I/ATLAS Show An Unusual Comet Rich In Methane And Absolutely No Traces Of Alien TechA handful of radio antennas and overlaid many colorful lines
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Latest Revelations From 3I/ATLAS Show An Unusual Comet Rich In Methane And Absolutely No Traces Of Alien Tech

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WASP-94A b: The Exoplanet Where Clouds Of Rock Form In The Morning And Vanish Every NightArtist impression of WASP-94A b, a gas giant with clouds only on the morning side.

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WASP-94A b: The Exoplanet Where Clouds Of Rock Form In The Morning And Vanish Every NightArtist impression of WASP-94A b, a gas giant with clouds only on the morning side.
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WASP-94A b: The Exoplanet Where Clouds Of Rock Form In The Morning And Vanish Every Night

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Evidence Earth’s Closest Exoplanets Have Enormous Magnetic Fields Revives Prospects For Life On Proxima bThe whispy clouds in this artist's impression of Proxima Centauri were dismissed as almost impossible for nine years, but now might be plausible after all.

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Evidence Earth’s Closest Exoplanets Have Enormous Magnetic Fields Revives Prospects For Life On Proxima bThe whispy clouds in this artist's impression of Proxima Centauri were dismissed as almost impossible for nine years, but now might be plausible after all.
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Evidence Earth’s Closest Exoplanets Have Enormous Magnetic Fields Revives Prospects For Life On Proxima b

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In 1761 and 1769, Intrepid Voyagers Had A Once-In-A-Century Chance To Measure The Solar SystemPainting of Captain Cook's ships in Tahiti.

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In 1761 and 1769, Intrepid Voyagers Had A Once-In-A-Century Chance To Measure The Solar SystemPainting of Captain Cook's ships in Tahiti.
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In 1761 and 1769, Intrepid Voyagers Had A Once-In-A-Century Chance To Measure The Solar System

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RIP MAVEN: NASA Ends Recovery Attempts For Mission That Discovered Aurorae And Atmosphere Loss On MarsA 3D render of the spacecraft is in black and white over the bright red Mars below

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RIP MAVEN: NASA Ends Recovery Attempts For Mission That Discovered Aurorae And Atmosphere Loss On MarsA 3D render of the spacecraft is in black and white over the bright red Mars below
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RIP MAVEN: NASA Ends Recovery Attempts For Mission That Discovered Aurorae And Atmosphere Loss On Mars

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A Long-Lost Planet? Very Rare Meteorite Suggests A Rocky World In Our Solar System That Disappearedthe image shows many bright jagged crystal like little islands surrounded by darker uniform rock

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A Long-Lost Planet? Very Rare Meteorite Suggests A Rocky World In Our Solar System That Disappearedthe image shows many bright jagged crystal like little islands surrounded by darker uniform rock
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A Long-Lost Planet? Very Rare Meteorite Suggests A Rocky World In Our Solar System That Disappeared

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Largest Ever Map Of Magnetic Fields Between Stars And Galaxies Released – 5 Times Bigger Than All Previous Maps CombinedThree radio dishes and the milky way are visible. Cloud like blue and red structures representing the magnetic fieldsa are visible in the sky.

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Largest Ever Map Of Magnetic Fields Between Stars And Galaxies Released – 5 Times Bigger Than All Previous Maps CombinedThree radio dishes and the milky way are visible. Cloud like blue and red structures representing the magnetic fieldsa are visible in the sky.
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Largest Ever Map Of Magnetic Fields Between Stars And Galaxies Released – 5 Times Bigger Than All Previous Maps Combined

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The Solar System May Have Ejected A Fifth Giant Planet – Which Would Explain How Uranus Held Onto Its MoonsThe planet Uranus.

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The Solar System May Have Ejected A Fifth Giant Planet – Which Would Explain How Uranus Held Onto Its MoonsThe planet Uranus.
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The Solar System May Have Ejected A Fifth Giant Planet – Which Would Explain How Uranus Held Onto Its Moons

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Observations Of Seven Ultra-Hot Jupiters Reveal "Exoplanets Do Have Magnetic Fields"artist impression of an exoplanet with powerful magnetic fields

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Observations Of Seven Ultra-Hot Jupiters Reveal "Exoplanets Do Have Magnetic Fields"artist impression of an exoplanet with powerful magnetic fields
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Observations Of Seven Ultra-Hot Jupiters Reveal "Exoplanets Do Have Magnetic Fields"

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First Proof Mysterious Radio Pulses Come From Cataclysmic Variables Represents “Astronomical Rosetta Stone”Artists’ impression of the white dwarf binary ASKAP J1745-5051. The smaller, dense white dwarf star is accreting material from the larger, but less dense red dwarf star. The interaction of their magnetic fields and the heat from the material accretion creates signals in radio and X-ray light frequencies.

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First Proof Mysterious Radio Pulses Come From Cataclysmic Variables Represents “Astronomical Rosetta Stone”Artists’ impression of the white dwarf binary ASKAP J1745-5051. The smaller, dense white dwarf star is accreting material from the larger, but less dense red dwarf star. The interaction of their magnetic fields and the heat from the material accretion creates signals in radio and X-ray light frequencies.
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First Proof Mysterious Radio Pulses Come From Cataclysmic Variables Represents “Astronomical Rosetta Stone”

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Shiny Clouds, A Cosmic Kiss, And An Unpredictable Meteor Shower: Here’s Why You Should Keep Your Eyes To The Skies This JuneThe Summer Triangle asterism, with the Milky Way core visible behind.
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In Deserts And Dunes Across The World, When Conditions Are Just Right, You Can Hear The Sand Scream At 450 HzKelso Dunes at the Mojave Preserve.
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In Deserts And Dunes Across The World, When Conditions Are Just Right, You Can Hear The Sand Scream At 450 Hz

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The Largest Volcano In The Solar System Was Active For Over 3 Billion Years – But You Won’t Find It On Earththe volcano is seen almost from the top and a wispy cloud is visible on its slopes
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The Largest Volcano In The Solar System Was Active For Over 3 Billion Years – But You Won’t Find It On Earth

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Take A Glimpse Into The Universe Like Never BeforeMany galaxies in the universe
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Take A Glimpse Into The Universe Like Never Before

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How Many Times Could Earth Fit Inside The Sun?Earth and Sun
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How Many Times Could Earth Fit Inside The Sun?

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Watch As A Solar Storm Messes Up NASA Mars Rover's CameraCharged Particles Caused by Solar Storm
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Watch As A Solar Storm Messes Up NASA Mars Rover's Camera

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Cheaters Never Prosper? Why The Prisoner's Dilemma Is Not As Simple As You Think2D illustration of two figures behind bars in neighboring cells, viewed from outside

Cheaters Never Prosper? Why The Prisoner's Dilemma Is Not As Simple As You Think

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How To Work Out The Day Of The Week For Any Date, Past Or Future

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A Time Traveler’s Party Is Happening This Friday at Caltech – Don't Be Late!a time travel concept with roman numerals like a clock are spread around a wormhole while a window at the center shows a party

A Time Traveler’s Party Is Happening This Friday at Caltech – Don't Be Late!

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Quantum Metallurgy Might Be A New Frontier For Superconducting Materials And Artificial Neuronsglass crystals producing interlocking rainbow reflections in this image

Quantum Metallurgy Might Be A New Frontier For Superconducting Materials And Artificial Neurons

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An Energetic Version Of A Particle Made From Heavy Quarks Has Been Discovered At CERNa sphere representing the particle with two different color spheres inside representing the quarks.

An Energetic Version Of A Particle Made From Heavy Quarks Has Been Discovered At CERN

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Mind-Bending Game Explores What Would Happen If The Speed Of Light Was Far SlowerLight along a train station, seen from a moving train.

Mind-Bending Game Explores What Would Happen If The Speed Of Light Was Far Slower

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Gold's Atomic Structure May Be The Secret Behind Its Eternal ShineA photo showing a pile of rough looking gold nuggets. They are all pristine and shiny.

Gold's Atomic Structure May Be The Secret Behind Its Eternal Shine

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Psyche Mission Completes Slingshot Maneuver And Spoils Us With Unique Timelapse Of A Crescent Marsa series of growing mars crescents are seen in this image almost like a reverse tunnel

Psyche Mission Completes Slingshot Maneuver And Spoils Us With Unique Timelapse Of A Crescent Mars

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Unique Measurement Of Mysterious "Little Red Dot" Gives Best Hint Yet At Origin Of Supermassive Black HolesA galaxy cluster showing many large elliptical galaxies curving the spacetime so that the background galaxies are shifted

Unique Measurement Of Mysterious "Little Red Dot" Gives Best Hint Yet At Origin Of Supermassive Black Holes

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