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The Most Earth-Like Alien World Yet Has Been Found: Kepler 452b
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The Most Earth-Like Alien World Yet Has Been Found: Kepler 452b

By Sarah Fecht

Now That We’ve Explored All The Planets, What’s The Next Frontier?
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Now That We’ve Explored All The Planets, What’s The Next Frontier?

By Sarah Fecht

Huge, Alien-Hunting Telescope Could Become Hubble’s Successor
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Huge, Alien-Hunting Telescope Could Become Hubble’s Successor

By Sarah Fecht

Why Is This Planet Acting Like A Comet?
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Why Is This Planet Acting Like A Comet?

By Sarah Fecht

If Earth Were Swallowed By A Black Hole, We Might Not Even Notice
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If Earth Were Swallowed By A Black Hole, We Might Not Even Notice

By Sarah Fecht

For The First Time, Visible Light From An Exoplanet Detected
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For The First Time, Visible Light From An Exoplanet Detected

By Loren Grush

How It Works: Death By Black Hole
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How It Works: Death By Black Hole

By Katie Peek

Gravitational Lens Splits Supernova’s Light 4 Different Ways
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Gravitational Lens Splits Supernova’s Light 4 Different Ways

By Loren Grush

Found: Early Black Hole 12 Billion Times More Massive Than Our Sun
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Found: Early Black Hole 12 Billion Times More Massive Than Our Sun

By Loren Grush

Supermassive Black Hole Found Farting A Trillion Suns’ Worth Of Energy
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Supermassive Black Hole Found Farting A Trillion Suns’ Worth Of Energy

By Loren Grush

‘Super Saturn’ Exoplanet Has Massive Rings
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‘Super Saturn’ Exoplanet Has Massive Rings

By Mary Beth Griggs

See The Largest Image The Hubble Space Telescope Has Ever Made
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See The Largest Image The Hubble Space Telescope Has Ever Made

By Francie Diep

Liftoff! The Orion Capsule Launches Into Space
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Liftoff! The Orion Capsule Launches Into Space

By Loren Grush

Scrubbed! Glitches Push NASA To Delay The First Flight Of Orion
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Scrubbed! Glitches Push NASA To Delay The First Flight Of Orion

By Loren Grush

Is NASA Going To Let The Hubble Telescope Burn Up?
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Is NASA Going To Let The Hubble Telescope Burn Up?

By Loren Grush

Japan’s Asteroid-Bombing Spacecraft Launches Successfully
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Japan’s Asteroid-Bombing Spacecraft Launches Successfully

By Sarah Fecht

Hubble Snaps Detailed Photos Of Dust And Debris Surrounding Stars
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Hubble Snaps Detailed Photos Of Dust And Debris Surrounding Stars

By Loren Grush

Is ‘Interstellar’ An Antidote To Humanity’s Space Apathy?
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Is ‘Interstellar’ An Antidote To Humanity’s Space Apathy?

By Loren Grush

Big Pic: Simulated Black Hole Collision Shreds The Milky Way [ANIMATED]
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Big Pic: Simulated Black Hole Collision Shreds The Milky Way [ANIMATED]

By Rafi Letzter

Weather Of Wild Exoplanet Mapped Using Hubble Telescope
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Weather Of Wild Exoplanet Mapped Using Hubble Telescope

By Loren Grush

Earth’s Water Is Older Than The Sun
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Earth’s Water Is Older Than The Sun

By Sarah Fecht

6 Weird Ways To Hunt For Aliens
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6 Weird Ways To Hunt For Aliens

By Sarah Fecht

Finally, Really, You’re Invited to Help Name Distant Planets
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Finally, Really, You’re Invited to Help Name Distant Planets

By Rebecca Boyle

Found: The Most Potentially Life-Friendly Exoplanet So Far
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Found: The Most Potentially Life-Friendly Exoplanet So Far

By Francie Diep

Ask Anything: Why Is The Milky Way A Spiral?
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Ask Anything: Why Is The Milky Way A Spiral?

By Daniel Engber

What Escapes A Black Hole?
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What Escapes A Black Hole?

By Kate Baggaley

How To Find Our Planet’s Twin
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How To Find Our Planet’s Twin

By Katie Peek

Big Pic: An Ultramassive Black Hole
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Big Pic: An Ultramassive Black Hole

By Francie Diep

One In Five Sun-Like Stars Have Earth-Like Planets
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One In Five Sun-Like Stars Have Earth-Like Planets

By Lindsey Kratochwill

Historic Space Images From The Arecibo Observatory
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Historic Space Images From The Arecibo Observatory

By Francie Diep

Newly Found Exoplanet Is Earth-Like In Size And Composition
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Newly Found Exoplanet Is Earth-Like In Size And Composition

By Francie Diep

Farthest-Ever Confirmed Galaxy Offers Glimpse Of Early Universe
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Farthest-Ever Confirmed Galaxy Offers Glimpse Of Early Universe

By Francie Diep

How Heather Knutson Reads The Weather On Exoplanets
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How Heather Knutson Reads The Weather On Exoplanets

By Veronique Greenwood and Valerie Ross

What Will It Take To Find Life Elsewhere In The Universe?
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What Will It Take To Find Life Elsewhere In The Universe?

By Lee Billings

First Cloudy Alien Planet Spotted From Earth
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First Cloudy Alien Planet Spotted From Earth

By Elizabeth Howell/ Universe Today

Spot Exoplanets With Your Home Telescope, Using Free NASA Software
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Spot Exoplanets With Your Home Telescope, Using Free NASA Software

By Francie Diep

On Nightmare Planet Covered In Boiling Lava, A Year Lasts 8.5 Hours
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On Nightmare Planet Covered In Boiling Lava, A Year Lasts 8.5 Hours

By Dan Nosowitz

The Sharpest Photos Of Space Ever
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The Sharpest Photos Of Space Ever

By Kelsey D. Atherton

The 10 Worst Places To Live In The Universe
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The 10 Worst Places To Live In The Universe

By Joey Carmichael and Erin Brodwin

True Color Of An Exoplanet Discovered For The First Time
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True Color Of An Exoplanet Discovered For The First Time

By Francie Diep

How A Black Hole Sleeps
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How A Black Hole Sleeps

By Dan Nosowitz

Astronomers Find The Lightest Exoplanet Ever Caught On Camera
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Astronomers Find The Lightest Exoplanet Ever Caught On Camera

By Rose Pastore

The Math: What Life On Kepler-62e Would Be Like
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The Math: What Life On Kepler-62e Would Be Like

By Kyle Hill

Distant Black Hole Wakes Up To Grab A Light Snack
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Distant Black Hole Wakes Up To Grab A Light Snack

By Rebecca Boyle

How A Tool For Perfect Human Vision Grew From One Of NASA’s Greatest Blunders
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How A Tool For Perfect Human Vision Grew From One Of NASA’s Greatest Blunders

By Rebecca Boyle

Kepler’s Hunt For Planets Outside Our Solar System: The Greatest Hits
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Kepler’s Hunt For Planets Outside Our Solar System: The Greatest Hits

By Rebecca Boyle

Distant, Gargantuan Black Hole Spins At Almost The Speed Of Light
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Distant, Gargantuan Black Hole Spins At Almost The Speed Of Light

By Rebecca Boyle

Planets Like Earth Could Be Closer Than You Think
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Planets Like Earth Could Be Closer Than You Think

By Elbert Chu

Fomalhaut B: The Mote in Sauron’s Eye
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Fomalhaut B: The Mote in Sauron’s Eye

By Shaunacy Ferro

Billions And Billions: Our Galaxy Has At Least 100 Billion Planets, Of Which 17 Billion Are Earthlike
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Billions And Billions: Our Galaxy Has At Least 100 Billion Planets, Of Which 17 Billion Are Earthlike

By Rebecca Boyle

Hubble Captures Earliest Views Yet Of The Universe
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Hubble Captures Earliest Views Yet Of The Universe

By Rebecca Boyle

Largest Quasar Ever Discovered Burns 100 Times Brighter Than Entire Milky Way
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Largest Quasar Ever Discovered Burns 100 Times Brighter Than Entire Milky Way

By Emily Elert

Scientists Discover An Exoplanet So Massive They’re Not Even Sure It’s A Planet
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Scientists Discover An Exoplanet So Massive They’re Not Even Sure It’s A Planet

By Clay Dillow

Lonely Orphaned Planet Spotted Wandering Aimlessly Through Interstellar Space
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Lonely Orphaned Planet Spotted Wandering Aimlessly Through Interstellar Space

By Clay Dillow

New Telescope To Hunt For Earth’s Twin
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New Telescope To Hunt For Earth’s Twin

By Rebecca Boyle

Megapixels: The James Webb Space Telescope Gets Chilled to 400 Degrees Below Zero
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Megapixels: The James Webb Space Telescope Gets Chilled to 400 Degrees Below Zero

By Page Grossman

New Black Hole Discovered [Video]
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New Black Hole Discovered [Video]

By Colin Lecher

“Looper” And The Real Science Of Time Travel
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“Looper” And The Real Science Of Time Travel

By Dave Mosher

New Rankings List Gliese 581g As the Most Habitable Exoplanet
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New Rankings List Gliese 581g As the Most Habitable Exoplanet

By Rebecca Boyle

Signals From the Void
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Signals From the Void

By Seth Fletcher

Astronomers Spot Ancient Spiral Galaxy From an Era When Spirals Should Not Exist
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Astronomers Spot Ancient Spiral Galaxy From an Era When Spirals Should Not Exist

By Rebecca Boyle

A Star System 12.9 Billion Light Years Away is the New Most Distant Galaxy
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A Star System 12.9 Billion Light Years Away is the New Most Distant Galaxy

By Clay Dillow

NASA’s Black-Hole-Hunting NuSTAR Telescope Has Launched
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NASA’s Black-Hole-Hunting NuSTAR Telescope Has Launched

By Colin Lecher

NASA Adopts Two Spare Spy Telescopes, Each Maybe More Powerful Than Hubble
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NASA Adopts Two Spare Spy Telescopes, Each Maybe More Powerful Than Hubble

By Rebecca Boyle

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