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Leave No Planet Behind: Top 10 Photos of Pluto to Celebrate Everyone’s Favorite Dwarf Planet

Although technically a dwarf planet since 2006, Pluto still holds a large, special place in our hearts as a beloved member of our solar system. What is a dwarf planet,…

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Listen to the Beautiful Sound of Trappist-1 System

What you are about to hear is not the performance of an orchestra, it is the movement of a recently discovered star system – the sound of Trappist-1. The researchers…

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5 Weirdest Planets Discovered So Far

There are many strange things we don’t understand about our universe, with black holes, dark matter and a whole bunch of weird sights and sounds out there that we just…

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First Results From Juno Mission Reveal Surprises At Jupiter

We have recently received spectacular images of Jupiter and its poles, enjoying the magnificent view of this gas giant. Now, the first scientific results from the Juno mission have been…

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Dark Energy Might Influence the Arrow of Time

For the past 20 years, physicists have known that the expansion of the universe is accelerating as if some bizarre dark energy is blowing up space like a balloon. In…

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Time Machine: Physicist Develops Mathematical Model For Time Travel

The time machine has always been a part of science fiction, but scientists from the University of British Columbia created a formula that describes a method for time travel. The…

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Cassini Just Sent Back Images From Its First-Ever Dive Through Saturn’s Rings

Cassini’s final chapter of its journey – the grand finale enters in the first phase. The spacecraft just sent back stunning photos from its first-ever dive through Saturn’s rings. Nasa’s Deep Space Network…

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Ancient Stone Carvings Confirm Comet Strike Caused Civilization As We Know It

The team from the University of Edinburgh analyzed stone carvings in the world’s oldest known temple Gobekli Tepe in southern Turkey and revealed that a swarm of comet fragments hit…

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3D Quantum Liquid Crystals: New State of Matter Discovered

Physicists at the Institute for Quantum Information and Matter at Caltech have discovered the first three-dimensional quantum liquid crystals. This is a new state of matter that may have applications…

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Enceladus Is Able to Host Life, NASA Says

Enceladus is a small, tiny Saturn’s moon with an icy surface, a rocky interior and an ocean of liquid water sandwiched between the two. It’s got plumes, mostly comprised of…

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Leave No Planet Behind: Top 10 Photos of Pluto to Celebrate Everyone’s Favorite Dwarf Planet

Listen to the Beautiful Sound of Trappist-1 System

5 Weirdest Planets Discovered So Far

First Results From Juno Mission Reveal Surprises At Jupiter

Dark Energy Might Influence the Arrow of Time

Time Machine: Physicist Develops Mathematical Model For Time Travel

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Cassini Just Sent Back Images From Its First-Ever Dive Through Saturn’s Rings

Ancient Stone Carvings Confirm Comet Strike Caused Civilization As We Know It

3D Quantum Liquid Crystals: New State of Matter Discovered

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Enceladus Is Able to Host Life, NASA Says