Visual evidence of our planet’s curvature is relatively recent
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Astronomy
A new look at the cluster offers evidence of a dramatic space crash
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New research points to a wide band of particles, invisible to telescopes
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A particularly massive and chaotic baby planetary system captured in exquisite detail
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But the moon’s slushy interior could still harbor pockets of life-sustaining water
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And what this might mean for colonizing other worlds
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New model suggests cosmic rays from a supernova led to the formation of our planet
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This deceptively difficult question to answer is vital to exploration
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Yet another peril of a teeming low Earth orbit
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New research into white dwarfs could help us measure our universe
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