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See the 'comet of the century' light up the night sky in breathtaking photos

See the 'comet of the century' light up the night sky in breathtaking photos

Comet A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS proved to be photogenic as it lit up the early autumn skies of the Northern Hemisphere this month....

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Supergiant star Betelgeuse may have a 'Betelbuddy'

Supergiant star Betelgeuse may have a 'Betelbuddy'

The supergiant star Betelgeuse may have a companion star that pushes light-blocking dust out of the way, causing the irregular changes observed in the star's brightness....

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Scientists have dated the moon's oldest, and largest, impact site

Scientists have dated the moon's oldest, and largest, impact site

The moon has been bombarded by asteroids and comets for more than 4.32 billion years....

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How does the Cosmic Web connect Taylor Swift and the last line of your 'celestial address?'

How does the Cosmic Web connect Taylor Swift and the last line of your 'celestial address?'

A map of gravity wells or "basins of attraction" in the local universe may resemble a Taylor Swift outfit, but they define the largest structure in the universe, the last line of your cosmic address....

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Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is a Halloween visitor from the spooky Oort Cloud − the invisible bubble that's home to countless space objects

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is a Halloween visitor from the spooky Oort Cloud − the invisible bubble that's home to countless space objects

The cloud is basically a gigantic reservoir that may hold billions of icy celestial bodies. Two of those bodies will pass by Earth in the days leading up to Halloween....

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Prime Video series 'Secret Level' unveils stellar vocal cast: Kevin Hart, Keanu Reeves and more

Prime Video series 'Secret Level' unveils stellar vocal cast: Kevin Hart, Keanu Reeves and more

The jaw-dropping voice cast for "Secret Level," Prime Video's new anthology series, was announced at New York Comic Con on Oct. 19....

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NASA peers into the blistering hot plasma swirling around 12 black holes

NASA peers into the blistering hot plasma swirling around 12 black holes

Stellar-mass and supermassive black hole coronas have some similarities, and this is great news for black hole physicists....

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The Pluto problem: Is it time to rethink our definition of a planet?

The Pluto problem: Is it time to rethink our definition of a planet?

In 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) famously demoted Pluto to a dwarf planet. Things have been a bit of a mess since then — so is it time to redefine the planet?...

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'NASA at a crossroads:' Budget woes, aging infrastructure and hard choices ahead

'NASA at a crossroads:' Budget woes, aging infrastructure and hard choices ahead

The next few years are likely to be pivotal ones for NASA, according to a hard-hitting report by the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine....

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