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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: Spitzer Space Telescope
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: In Technicolor
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: Black Holes
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day 08/23
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day 08/18
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Water ice found on scorching-hot Mercury
Temperatures on Mercury can reach 800 degrees Fahrenheit, but around the north pole, in areas permanently shielded from the sun's heat, NASA's Messenger spacecraft found a mix of frozen water and possible organic materials.
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Scientists surprised to find pair of black holes keeping each other company
Black holes are the densest objects in the universe, with the largest ones, found at the centers of galaxies, containing millions to billions times more mass than the sun.
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Black hole produces 'cosmic Category 5 hurricane'
A stellar-mass black hole, which is born when an extremely massive star collapses, typically contains about five to 10 times the mass of our sun.
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: Spitzer Space Telescope
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Do black holes spin? The answer could be in the photons.
A spinning black hole would swirl the very fabric of space and time around it, as well as distorting the photons that pass nearby.
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: In Technicolor
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Huge, boomerang-shaped galaxy spotted hurtling through space
Astronomers have detected a bent galaxy whose odd shape could serve as a signpost for immense gas filaments, which themselves indicate star-forming regions.
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: Black Holes
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day 08/23
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day 08/18
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Are astronomers watching the beginning of the end for Betelgeuse?
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