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Scientists Determine 'Oumuamua Isn't Made From Molecular Hydrogen Ice After All

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Scientists Determine 'Oumuamua Isn't Made From Molecular Hydrogen Ice After All

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New NSF Physics Frontier Center Will Focus on Neutron Star Modeling in ‘Gravitational Wave Era’

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This rendering shows the density of matter in the aftermath of two merged...

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Aurora Mysteries Unlocked With NASA’s THEMIS Mission

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Auroral beads seen from the International Space Station, Sept. 17, 2011 (Frame ID: ISS029-E-6012).

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Hubble Helps Uncover the Mystery of the Dimming of Betelgeuse

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Betelgeuse’s Dust Cloud (Artist’s Impression)

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NASA Satellite’s Lone View of Betelgeuse Reveals More Strange Behavior

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An image from the Heliospheric Imager aboard NASA’s STEREO spacecraft shows the star...

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How airplanes counteract St. Elmo’s fire during thunderstorms

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Carmen Guerra-Garcia, an assistant professor of aeronautics and astronautics at MIT, is the lead...

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Scientists Suggest Stellar "Sneeze" as Reason for Betelgeuse's Massive Dimming in Early 2020 and Say It May Be Dimming Again, Roughly 400 Days Early

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Scientists Suggest Stellar "Sneeze" as Reason for Betelgeuse's Massive Dimming in Early 2020 and Say It May Be Dimming Again,...

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Global Methane Emissions Soaring, But How Much Was Due to Wetlands?

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Infographic published with permission from the authors of “Increasing anthropogenic methane...

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