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Saturn’s Rings Might Have Come From The Collision Between Two Icy MoonsStill image from a computer simulation of an impact between two icy moons in orbit around Saturn. The collision ejects debris that could evolve into the planet's iconic and remarkably young rings. The simulation used over 30 million particles, colored by their ice or rock material, run using the open source SWIFT simulation code.

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Saturn’s Rings Might Have Come From The Collision Between Two Icy MoonsStill image from a computer simulation of an impact between two icy moons in orbit around Saturn. The collision ejects debris that could evolve into the planet's iconic and remarkably young rings. The simulation used over 30 million particles, colored by their ice or rock material, run using the open source SWIFT simulation code.
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Saturn’s Rings Might Have Come From The Collision Between Two Icy Moons

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Most Distant Gravitational Lensing Galaxy Reveals A Perfect Einstein RingAn image of the field aroudn the galaxy in question with a handful of objects. In the center a bright dot is surrounded by a bright ring with two symmetric features at either side

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Most Distant Gravitational Lensing Galaxy Reveals A Perfect Einstein RingAn image of the field aroudn the galaxy in question with a handful of objects. In the center a bright dot is surrounded by a bright ring with two symmetric features at either side
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Most Distant Gravitational Lensing Galaxy Reveals A Perfect Einstein Ring

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Antimatter Definitely Goes Down With Gravity, Just Like Regular MatterThis graphic shows antihydrogen atoms falling and annihilating inside a magnetic trap, part of the ALPHA-g experiment at CERN to measure the effect of gravity on antimatter.

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Antimatter Definitely Goes Down With Gravity, Just Like Regular MatterThis graphic shows antihydrogen atoms falling and annihilating inside a magnetic trap, part of the ALPHA-g experiment at CERN to measure the effect of gravity on antimatter.
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Antimatter Definitely Goes Down With Gravity, Just Like Regular Matter

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"Black Dust And Debris": NASA Opens Lid Of Asteroid Sample CapsuleLockheed Martin Recovery Specialists Levi Hanish and Michael Kaye remove the lid of the sample return canister.

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"Black Dust And Debris": NASA Opens Lid Of Asteroid Sample CapsuleLockheed Martin Recovery Specialists Levi Hanish and Michael Kaye remove the lid of the sample return canister.
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"Black Dust And Debris": NASA Opens Lid Of Asteroid Sample Capsule

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NASA Releases 20-Year Video Of The Most Amazing Star We KnowEta Carinae is a strong contender for the next star in the Milky Way to go supernova.

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NASA Releases 20-Year Video Of The Most Amazing Star We KnowEta Carinae is a strong contender for the next star in the Milky Way to go supernova.
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NASA Releases 20-Year Video Of The Most Amazing Star We Know

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NASA "Outtakes" Show Astronauts Struggling To Walk On The MoonAn astronaut on the Moon saluting in front of the landing module.

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NASA "Outtakes" Show Astronauts Struggling To Walk On The MoonAn astronaut on the Moon saluting in front of the landing module.
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NASA "Outtakes" Show Astronauts Struggling To Walk On The Moon

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New Method Can Tell If We’ve Found Signs Of Alien LifeThe hole dug by Perseverance for its first sample for analysis. However, if there are products of life in that hole, it's not clear we would recognise them

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New Method Can Tell If We’ve Found Signs Of Alien LifeThe hole dug by Perseverance for its first sample for analysis. However, if there are products of life in that hole, it's not clear we would recognise them
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New Method Can Tell If We’ve Found Signs Of Alien Life

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The Mars Sample Return Mission Is In TroubleThis illustration shows a concept for multiple robots that would team up to ferry to Earth samples of rocks and soil being collected from the Martian surface by NASA's Mars Perseverance rover.

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The Mars Sample Return Mission Is In TroubleThis illustration shows a concept for multiple robots that would team up to ferry to Earth samples of rocks and soil being collected from the Martian surface by NASA's Mars Perseverance rover.
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The Mars Sample Return Mission Is In Trouble

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The Zoo Hypothesis: A "Psychologically Unpleasant" Idea Why Aliens Haven't Made ContactA dark planet surrounded by a blue haze on a background of stars.

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The Zoo Hypothesis: A "Psychologically Unpleasant" Idea Why Aliens Haven't Made ContactA dark planet surrounded by a blue haze on a background of stars.
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The Zoo Hypothesis: A "Psychologically Unpleasant" Idea Why Aliens Haven't Made Contact

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Another TRAPPIST-1 Planet Seems To Lack Atmosphere, And The Star Is Not HelpingThis artistic representation of the TRAPPIST-1 red dwarf star showcases its very active nature. The star appears to have many stellar spots (colder regions of its surface, similar to sunspots) and flares. The exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 b, the closest planet to the system’s central star, can be seen in the foreground with no apparent atmosphere. The exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 g, one of the planets in the system’s habitable zone, can be seen in the background to the right of the star. The TRAPPIST-1 system contains seven Earth-sized exoplanets.

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Another TRAPPIST-1 Planet Seems To Lack Atmosphere, And The Star Is Not HelpingThis artistic representation of the TRAPPIST-1 red dwarf star showcases its very active nature. The star appears to have many stellar spots (colder regions of its surface, similar to sunspots) and flares. The exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 b, the closest planet to the system’s central star, can be seen in the foreground with no apparent atmosphere. The exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 g, one of the planets in the system’s habitable zone, can be seen in the background to the right of the star. The TRAPPIST-1 system contains seven Earth-sized exoplanets.
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Another TRAPPIST-1 Planet Seems To Lack Atmosphere, And The Star Is Not Helping

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Sun Rips Hole In Earth’s Magnetic Field Sparking Rare Red AurorasRed aurora

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Sun Rips Hole In Earth’s Magnetic Field Sparking Rare Red AurorasRed aurora
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Sun Rips Hole In Earth’s Magnetic Field Sparking Rare Red Auroras

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Old Video From 2018 Seems To Show What The "Mummified Aliens" Really AreAn "alien mummy" which looks suspiciously like a stone E.T.

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Old Video From 2018 Seems To Show What The "Mummified Aliens" Really AreAn "alien mummy" which looks suspiciously like a stone E.T.
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Old Video From 2018 Seems To Show What The "Mummified Aliens" Really Are

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India's Moon Lander May Have Died During The Long Lunar NightThe Vikram Lander on the surface of the Moon.

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India's Moon Lander May Have Died During The Long Lunar NightThe Vikram Lander on the surface of the Moon.
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India's Moon Lander May Have Died During The Long Lunar Night

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Blue Molecule's Bizarre Fluorescence Has Finally Been ExplainedA beautiful mushroom called Lactarius indigo found in a cloud forest in Xalapa, Veracruz

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Blue Molecule's Bizarre Fluorescence Has Finally Been ExplainedA beautiful mushroom called Lactarius indigo found in a cloud forest in Xalapa, Veracruz
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Blue Molecule's Bizarre Fluorescence Has Finally Been Explained

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OSIRIS-REx Has Not Brought “Asteroid Germs” Back To EarthThe sample return capsule from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission is seen shortly after touching down in the desert. It is shaped like an upside-down trunkated spinning top and it is black with a yellow circle on the side.

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OSIRIS-REx Has Not Brought “Asteroid Germs” Back To EarthThe sample return capsule from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission is seen shortly after touching down in the desert. It is shaped like an upside-down trunkated spinning top and it is black with a yellow circle on the side.
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OSIRIS-REx Has Not Brought “Asteroid Germs” Back To Earth

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