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'Failed stars' may have a cosmic speed limit to how fast they can spin — otherwise they'll break apart
Brown dwarfs, also called ‘almost stars’ or ‘failed stars’, can spin as fast as 300,000 kilometres …
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Two new planets 8-times the size of Earth could support life — and they're right next-door
Finding a planet other than Earth to support human life is astronomy’s moonshot project. Two new ‘S…
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Pluto became a dwarf planet 9 years ago today - but that's 'bulls---,' according to a leading NASA scientist
The problem, Stern said, is that the reclassification largely stemmed from the opinions of astronom…
Kelly Dickerson
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James Webb Space Telescope reveals one of the most mysterious worlds in the universe might have a volcanic moon
Mysterious brown dwarfs are neither planets nor stars, but this one somehow has northern lights, me…
Maiya Focht,Morgan McFall-Joh…
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope breaks another record, discovering the smallest star-like object astronomers have ever seen
NASA's Webb telescope was able to spot an object, the smallest of its kind, from 1,000 light years …
Rupendra Brahambhatt
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Oceans without sharks would be far less healthy, finds new research
In a newly published study by Florida International University, Florida, scientists surveyed decade…
PTI
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45 American families are worth more than $10 billion and the wealthiest one is even richer than Elon Musk
Walton, Mars, Koch, Pritzker, Hearst, and Marriott are just some of the famous names on Forbes' lis…
Theron Mohamed
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3 key ways holiday shopping this year will look different from past years, and what shoppers need to know about scoring the best discounts
Holiday discounts are expected to start earlier and be less focused on Black Friday, per an online-…
Nidhi Pandurangi
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Oregon Supreme Court rules that former New York Times columnist Nick Kristof can't run for governor
Kristof called the decision "very disappointing."
Brent D. Griffiths
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Dwarfism discovered in the world's tallest animal. Giraffes stunted by a bone growth disorder can be half the average 16 ft height.
Scientists have discovered 'dwarf giraffes' in Nambia and Uganda. The shortest was 8 feet tall, hal…
Naina Bhardwaj
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Liz Cheney is the final pro-impeachment Republican facing a Trump-backed primary challenger as Wyoming voters decide her political fate next week
"To be an impeachment Republican right now has made it almost impossible to get reelected," one GOP…
Oma Seddiq
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10 examples of the Mandela effect from 'Jiffy' to 'Shazaam' and why false memories are so common
The Mandela effect is a phenomenon where many people share the same false memory, like the belief t…
Rebecca Strong, Jaclyn Lopez …
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Here's why some scientists think Pluto should still be a planet
Narrator: And while these new worlds looked and behaved like Pluto, they were completely different …
Gina Echevarria,Shira Polan
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Thousands of worlds may lurk beyond Pluto - and a stunning new animation shows them all
Pluto, Eris, Ceres, Makemake, Haumea, and five others meet Brown's "near certainty" criteria - in o…
Dave Mosher
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How to grow and care for a ZZ plant
ZZ plants are low-maintenance houseplants. They only need to be watered when their soil is dry, and…
Rebecca Strong
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The US's third coronavirus surge could be the deadliest yet — 4 charts show a troubling trend
The US reported more than 60,000 daily cases, on average, this week — a roughly 40% increase since …
Aria Bendix,Skye Gould,Shayan…
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Trump kept on declaring the US is 'rounding the turn' on COVID-19, even as it recorded its 2 worst-ever days of infections
Over and over, the president has suggested the country is on the cusp of overcoming the pandemic. I…
Sophia Ankel
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Beyond Meat just served up a reminder to investors that sometimes company performance takes a back seat to technical forces
The plant-based-food company also issued an optimistic third-quarter earnings report Monday afterno…
Ben Winck
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Chick-fil-A might add mac and cheese to its menu - and it looks incredible
It closely resembles the mac and cheese that is served at Chick-fil-A's 12 Dwarf House restaurants,…
Hayley Peterson
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There's new evidence that a mysterious 9th planet is lurking in our solar system
They'll be using the Subaru telescope on the summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii to hunt it down and sea…