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SpaceX launched a $214 million NASA satellite into orbit to study black holes and dead stars
NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) was launched into space aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 r…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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First 'intact' planet found circling a dead star — this Jupiter-sized anomaly is in orbit rather than being pulled apart at the seams
This Jupiter-sized anomaly of a planet is part and parcel of a three-star system that lies 80 light…
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An exploding star nova is due to show up in our skies soon. Here's how to spot it.
Our neighborhood nova T Coronae Borealis is due to release a "hydrogen-bomb" worth of energy this y…
Marianne Guenot
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Two dead stars are causing an eclipse every seven minutes
Two white dwarf stars, more or less the same size as the Earth, are circling each other at hundreds…
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SpaceX and ULA set to launch robots into orbit next year that will grab space junk and fix satellites
The robots, named after humans, are designed to perform different tasks in orbit. Meet Barry, Fred,…
Kate Duffy
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Two dead stars are dancing around each other proving Einstein's theory right
A star that’s 1.27 times the mass of the Sun is dragging the fabric of space and time with it
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SpaceX is about to launch 152 dead people's remains into orbit aboard a Falcon Heavy rocket
The variety and complexity of the two dozen satellites and their payloads is to blame: The various …
Dave Mosher
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Unknown objects at the heart of the Milky Way are beaming radio signals, then mysteriously disappearing
Radio waves bursting from the center of the Milky Way, then disappearing, might reveal a new type o…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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'Fast 9' brings a beloved character back from the dead. The explanation opens up the door for another possible return.
The latest "Fast and Furious" movie brings back fan-favorite Han after he seemingly died in a car c…
Kirsten Acuna
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These 2 dead stars will collide and create a supernova
This white dwarf collision will trigger a specific type of supernova called type 1a that always pro…
Kelly Dickerson
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Astronomers discover dead star feeding on a tiny planetoid for the first time
"The eureka moment of discovery came on the last night of observation wth a sudden realization of w…
Jessica Orwig
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NASA's planet-hunting Kepler telescope is dead 9 years after launching into space
That next-generation observatory will rival the abilities of the Hubble Space Telescope and will be…
Dave Mosher,Reuters
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A star from the 'The Walking Dead' was just cast in season 2 of 'Daredevil' as one of Marvel's darkest antiheroes
In the comics, Castle - who has been previously portrayed by both Tom Jane and Ray Stevenson in "Th…
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NASA is finally planning to launch a space telescope to detect deadly asteroids before they hit Earth. Here's how it could work.
"This is a great step forward for thinking about human destiny, because the dinosaurs certainly did…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Dead planets can 'broadcast' for up to a billion years, and they could tell astronomers what will happen after our sun blows up
Stars die because they eventually burn through their reserves of hydrogen and helium. That fuel cre…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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A dead NASA space telescope and an old Air Force satellite have a 1-in-10 chance of colliding over Pittsburgh on Wednesday, and people on the ground may see it
If the space-junk problem gets extreme, a disastrous chain of collisions could spiral out of contro…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Scientists say the Ewoks in 'Star Wars' should have suffered a gruesome fate when the Death Star exploded
Each scientist who responded to our emails quibbled over the exact details, yet a strong consensus …
Dave Mosher
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Betelgeuse likely won't die as a supernova in your life. But astronomers are finding 'red nova' stars that may soon violently explode.
For years, Molnar and his colleagues have studied little-known yet extremely bright stellar mergers…
Dave Mosher
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The ultimate fate of the Death Star may be completely wrong
Each scientist who responded to our emails quibbled over the exact details, yet a strong consensus …
Dave Mosher
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Inside the 14 long years it took for the director of Amazon's Grateful Dead documentary to finally get his dream project made
Before Bar-Lev came on, other directors tried to tell the story and had to back out, in some cases …