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More Earth-like Planets Discovered by NASA
It’s another batch of newly discovered earth-like planets, according to NASA officials. U.S. space agency officials announced they have...
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What Happened Before the Big Bang?
As we go back in time, we find that heat intensifies to such a level that all bonds that...
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An Otherworldly Discovery: Billions of Other Planets
Astronomers have determined that each of the 100 billion stars in the Milky Way probably has at least one...
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‘El Gordo’ is Largest Distant Galaxy Cluster Ever Seen
Galaxy clusters are the largest stable structures in our Universe. Seven billion light years away and with two million...
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Star Birth (and Murder) Spied in Cygnus X
Baby stars don’t get an easy ride during their early years; they are born into stellar nurseries bubbling with...
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Hubble Spots Farthest Primordial Galaxy Cluster
Astronomers have discovered the most distant developing galaxy cluster known to date, shedding light on the formation of large-scale...
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Is Science Past the Big Bang Already?
While we have a supremely accurate theory of what happened after our universe started in its super-hot, super-dense childhood,...
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Physicist Writes How Universe Evolved From Nothing
In fall 2009, the theoretical physicist Lawrence M. Krauss gave a talk about recent discoveries in cosmology that he...
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Where Astronomy Meets Data
Brian P. Schmidt, 2011 Nobel Physics Prize winner, discusses his SkyMapper project, which is currently scanning the southern sky...
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Largest-Ever Simulation of the Universe Revealed
The purpose of the simulation is to reproduce the entire evolution of a universe made largely of cold dark...