Outer Space
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Magnetar formation mystery solved? Supernova explosions and dizzying spins in a binary system
Magnetars are the bizarre super-dense remnants of supernova explosions. They are the strongest magnets known in the Universe — millions…
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Nearest bright ‘hypervelocity star’ found: Speeding at 1 million mph, it probes black hole and dark matter
A University of Utah-led team discovered a “hypervelocity star” that is the closest, second-brightest and among the largest of 20…
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Astronomers create first realistic virtual universe
Move over, Matrix — astronomers have done you one better. They have created the first realistic virtual universe using a…
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NASA telescopes coordinate best-ever flare observations
On March 29, 2014, an X-class flare erupted from the right side of the sun… and vaulted into history as…
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Jupiter’s moon Ganymede may harbor ‘club sandwich’ of oceans and ice
The largest moon in our solar system, a companion to Jupiter named Ganymede, might have ice and oceans stacked up…
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