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Could Life Exist Deep Underground on Mars?

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The wobbling shadow of the M87* black hole

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Astronomers Solve Mystery of How Planetary Nebulae Are Shaped

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VLBA Makes First Direct Distance Measurement to Magnetar

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Artist's conception of a magnetar -- a superdense neutron star with an extremely strong...

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Hubble Captures Crisp New Image of Jupiter and Europa

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This latest image of Jupiter, taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope on 25 August 2020, was captured when the planet was...

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Possible Marker of Life Spotted on Venus

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An international team of astronomers announced the discovery of a rare molecule — phosphine — in the clouds of Venus. On Earth,...

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NASA Missions Spy First Possible ‘Survivor’ Planet Hugging White Dwarf Star

In this illustration, WD 1856 b, a potential Jupiter-size planet, orbits its much smaller host star, a dim white dwarf.
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SOFIA Returns to Flight Studying Galaxies

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NASA’s flying observatory, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, has returned to science...

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