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You Could Use A Disco Ball To Watch The “Ring Of Fire” EclipseDisco ball reflecting light around a room

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You Could Use A Disco Ball To Watch The “Ring Of Fire” EclipseDisco ball reflecting light around a room
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You Could Use A Disco Ball To Watch The “Ring Of Fire” Eclipse

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Mysterious Dark Shadows Observed Across Orion NebulaThe wispy structure of the nebula is recreated in grey in this image with the Trapezium cluster in a bright red

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Mysterious Dark Shadows Observed Across Orion NebulaThe wispy structure of the nebula is recreated in grey in this image with the Trapezium cluster in a bright red
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Mysterious Dark Shadows Observed Across Orion Nebula

clock-iconOctober 2, 2023
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“JuMBO” Discovery In The Orion Nebula Will Rewrite Planet And Star Formation Theoriesfive insets show clear views of binary objects as two dots of light very close to each other

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“JuMBO” Discovery In The Orion Nebula Will Rewrite Planet And Star Formation Theoriesfive insets show clear views of binary objects as two dots of light very close to each other
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“JuMBO” Discovery In The Orion Nebula Will Rewrite Planet And Star Formation Theories

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Perseverance Spots A Towering Martian Dust Devil In The DistanceIt looks like a tiny column in the distance, but this dust devil is thought to be two kilometers high.

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Perseverance Spots A Towering Martian Dust Devil In The DistanceIt looks like a tiny column in the distance, but this dust devil is thought to be two kilometers high.
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Perseverance Spots A Towering Martian Dust Devil In The Distance

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Nova, Supernova, Hypernova, Kilonova – What’s The Difference?The supernova remnant W49B lies 35,000 light-years away in the constellation Aquila. Iron atoms stripped of electrons are a powerful X-ray source there

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Nova, Supernova, Hypernova, Kilonova – What’s The Difference?The supernova remnant W49B lies 35,000 light-years away in the constellation Aquila. Iron atoms stripped of electrons are a powerful X-ray source there
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Nova, Supernova, Hypernova, Kilonova – What’s The Difference?

clock-iconSeptember 29, 2023
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Cosmic Web Seen Directly For First Time Without Needing The Light Of Quasarsa series of cubes is seen extending away from the viewer. In each cube, reddish blobs represent the distribution of the cosmic web

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Cosmic Web Seen Directly For First Time Without Needing The Light Of Quasarsa series of cubes is seen extending away from the viewer. In each cube, reddish blobs represent the distribution of the cosmic web
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Cosmic Web Seen Directly For First Time Without Needing The Light Of Quasars

clock-iconSeptember 29, 2023
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Top Chinese Scientist Says India Did Not Land At The Lunar South PoleThe moon from above, with a landing site highlighted by a square outline.

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Top Chinese Scientist Says India Did Not Land At The Lunar South PoleThe moon from above, with a landing site highlighted by a square outline.
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Top Chinese Scientist Says India Did Not Land At The Lunar South Pole

clock-iconSeptember 29, 2023
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Perseverance Sets A New Land Speed Record On MarsThe surface of Mars. Perseverance robot's path across the surface is shown.

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Perseverance Sets A New Land Speed Record On MarsThe surface of Mars. Perseverance robot's path across the surface is shown.
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Perseverance Sets A New Land Speed Record On Mars

clock-iconSeptember 29, 2023
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Heavy Star Underwent Dramatic Weight Loss Before Going SupernovaA bright white explosion is seen interacting with a red glowing plasma that surrounds it like a donut.

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Heavy Star Underwent Dramatic Weight Loss Before Going SupernovaA bright white explosion is seen interacting with a red glowing plasma that surrounds it like a donut.
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Heavy Star Underwent Dramatic Weight Loss Before Going Supernova

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Wobbling Jet Provides First Confirmation Black Holes SpinA misalignment between the axis of spin of M87's black hole and its accretion disk's rotation axis leads to precession in the direction of its jet

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Wobbling Jet Provides First Confirmation Black Holes SpinA misalignment between the axis of spin of M87's black hole and its accretion disk's rotation axis leads to precession in the direction of its jet
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Wobbling Jet Provides First Confirmation Black Holes Spin

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Milky Way Weighs Less Than We Thought – And It's Missing Dark MatterSilhouettes of three people standing together holding hands against the Milky Way in the mountains.

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Milky Way Weighs Less Than We Thought – And It's Missing Dark MatterSilhouettes of three people standing together holding hands against the Milky Way in the mountains.
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Milky Way Weighs Less Than We Thought – And It's Missing Dark Matter

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Japan's "Moon Sniper" Snaps A Half-Earth From 100,000 Miles AwayEarth shot in black and white from space. Half in day, half in night.

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Japan's "Moon Sniper" Snaps A Half-Earth From 100,000 Miles AwayEarth shot in black and white from space. Half in day, half in night.
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Japan's "Moon Sniper" Snaps A Half-Earth From 100,000 Miles Away

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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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"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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