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Astronomers find odd gas giant exoplanet traveling far from its star
The planet is about 2,000 times the Earth-sun distance from its star, a record among exoplanets. That means it takes about 80,000 Earth years for the planet to orbit its star.
May 15, 2014
Report: No radiation from Fukushima detected off US West Coast
No ocean-borne radiation from Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster has yet been detected in analysis of kelp samples along the western U.S. coastline.
May 14, 2014
Magnetars are the most powerful magnets in the universe
Magnetars are the bizarre super-dense remnants of supernova explosions and the strongest magnets known in the universe.
May 14, 2014
Watch two neutron stars rip each other apart to form a black hole
This supercomputer simulation from NASA shows one of the most violent events in the universe: Two neutron stars ripping each other apart to form black hole.
May 13, 2014
Why is West Antarctic ice sheet in irreversible decline?
New studies say that part of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is now undergoing an "irreversible" decline. The science behind the news, from NASA
May 13, 2014
New plastics heal themselves
Researchers have developed a regenerating plastic that grows back after damage.
May 12, 2014
Most detailed view yet of Milky Way’s magnetic fields
Researchers have created a new map of the Milky Way's magnetic fingerprint, the magnetic fields that shape our galaxy.
May 12, 2014
The best-observed X-flare in history
NASA says the March 29, 2014 X-flare was the best-observed in history. This post contains beautiful images of that intense event on the surface of the sun.
May 11, 2014
This is cool! Watch a realistic virtual universe unfold
If astronomers had used an average desktop computer to run the new Illustris simulation, the calculations would have taken more than 2,000 years to complete.
May 8, 2014
Our sun now has a brother star, the first one ever found
These astronomers say there's a “small, but not zero” chance that brother stars to our sun could host planets that harbor life.
May 8, 2014
