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In Pictures: Space photos of the day 07/13
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Look to the stars
A Christian Science perspective.
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Bizarre alien 'Tatooine' orbits two suns, in four-star solar system
The alien planet, called PH1, is a gas giant planet slightly bigger than Neptune.
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At edge of black hole, a star Albert Einstein would have loved
Scientists have found a star orbiting very close to the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. It could help scientists give Einstein's brilliance one of its sternest tests yet.
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Ancient spiral galaxy baffles astronomers (+video)
Using data from the Hubble telescope, scientists have found the oldest spiral galaxy in the universe, a galaxy that, according to current models, isn't supposed to exist.
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Astronomers discover oldest spiral galaxy in the universe (+video)
The discovery with Hubble Space Telescope of a spiral galaxy, long before other galaxies are known to have formed, surprised scientists
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Cosmic scaffolding uncovered? Scientists find thread of dark matter.
Scientists have long thought that threads of dark matter provide the underlying architecture upon which galaxies in the universe are distributed. A new study now verifies that theory.
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Giant filament of dark matter connects galaxy clusters, say astronomers (+video)
For the first time, astronomers say they spotted a string of dark matter via gravitational lensing.
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Transit of Venus: Skywatchers rejoice in rare space event (+video)
Around the world on Tuesday, civilians and scientists alike took advantage of the rare transit of Venus across the sun.
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How to watch the transit of Venus online (+video)
Don't have the necessary solar filters to watch the transit of Venus? Instead of staring directly at the sun, try watching it on the Web.
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Dwarf galaxies: breakthrough in bid to find 'fossils' of early universe
A team of astronomers reports that it has detected the most distant dwarf galaxy yet discovered orbiting an enormous elliptical galaxy some 10 billion light-years away.
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Mystery of supernova birth points to white dwarfs
Scientists hit "rewind" to discover how white dwarfs play a role in the evolution of a supernova.
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Strange red galaxies a 'missing link' in history of the universe?
The discovery of four ruby-red, dim galaxies at the farthest fringes of the universe could help scientists understand how the earliest galaxies evolved to become what we see today.
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How are planets born? LkCa 15 could give scientists first-ever peek.
A newly discovered planet-candidate circling star LkCa 15 could provide astronomers with a first-ever look at a gas-giant planet as it grows. It could help prove or debunk current theories.
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ALMA telescope poised to peer into hidden corners of the cosmos
The ALMA radio telescope array set to come on line this week will give astronomers an unprecedented look into areas of the universe obscured from other telescopes – from star nurseries in other galaxies to the black hole at the center of the Milky Way.
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Trojan asteroid discovered leading Earth's orbit
Trojan asteroid: NASA has discovered that Earth has an asteroid companion traveling just ahead of our planet as it orbits the sun. This so-called Trojan asteroid could serve as a stepping stone to celestial objects farther afield.
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Why did Hawaii's Kilauea volcano shoot lava 80 feet into the air?
Hawaii's Kilauea volcano saw 'quite an exciting development' over the weekend: the lava lake at Pu'u 'O'o drained as fountaining lava burst out of new fissures on Kilauea's eastern flank.
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Asteroid discovery record set last month, using Hawaii telescope
Asteroid discovery record of 19 objects in one night was set on Jan. 29. The asteroid discovery record was accomplished using a powerful telescope on the Hawaiian island of Maui.
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Snow now in 49 states
Thanks to unusual weather patterns, there's snow on the ground in 49 out of 50 US states, including Hawaii.
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Universe might hold three times more stars than previously thought
A new study suggests that a specific kind of galaxy might hold 10 times more red dwarf stars than estimated. That would triple projections for the number of stars in the observable universe, with implications for explanations of how stars and galaxies form and evolve.
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Other Earths? A new estimate raises the odds of finding them.
Researchers predict finding many Earth-sized planets around sun-like stars, right in our own galaxy. But don't pack your bags just yet – you might not want to live on them.
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Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument named UN World Heritage site
Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, an underwater preserve encompassing 140,000 square miles of ocean waters and 10 islands and atolls of the northwestern Hawaiian island, has been selected by UNESCO as a UN World Heritage Site.
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day 07/13
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Scientists discover that Jupiter moon smells terrible
A new study of some of the chemical compounds present on the Jupiter's moon, Io, finds that it really stinks.
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Asteroid! Earth's largest digital camera scans for killer meteors
Asteroid: Earth's largest digital camera is a 1,400-megapixel marvel peering through a telescope in Hawaii. It is on the lookout for potentially dangerous space rocks.
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NASA: Object that hurtled past Earth was space junk, not asteroid
A small object that buzzed our planet this month is likely a spent rocket stage, and not an asteroid, NASA officials said Thursday.
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