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Scientists ‘Spot’ Dark Matter Near the Sun
An international team of researchers have developed a new technique to measure dark matter, using a state-of-the-art simulation of...
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Largest Map of Universe Yet Captures 1 Million Galaxies
The largest 3D map yet of the universe’s huge galaxies and bright black holes may serve as a springboard...
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Did Expelled Stars Reionize the Ancient Universe?
Hot stars booted out of their galactic homes may be responsible for creating the conditions that led to today's...
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Kepler Spots Perfectly Aligned Alien Worlds
When NASA’s Kepler space telescope started finding planets at odd angles to their parent stars, scientists wondered if our...
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‘Impossible’ Stars Found in Super-Close Orbital Dances
Four pairs of what astronomers are calling “impossible stars” — stellar twins in orbits so close they defy explanation...
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Loner Galaxy Is Seed of Giant Black Hole
Unsociable galaxies are unusual. Astronomers think that galaxies grow from scraggly clusters of stars to elegant spirals like the...
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Scientists Create ‘MRI’ of Sun’s Interior
The equivalent of an MRI of the sun was created by scientists, who studied high-resolution images of the sun’s...
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Planet-Forming Disk Vanishes Into Thin Air
Some 460 light-years away in the constellation Centaurus, a thick disk of dust swirled around a young star named...
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Bizarre Alien Planets Get Cozy With Each Other
A duo of planets some 1,200 light years from earth have been spotted passing within 1.2 million miles of...
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CERN Scientists Excruciatingly Close to Discovering Higgs Boson
Physicists investigating the make-up of the universe are closing in on the Higgs boson, an elusive particle thought to...