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Death stars in Orion blast planets before they even form
Young stars in the Orion Nebula get their potential planet-forming dust and gas blasted away if they're near enough to 'death stars' - massive O-type stars that emit fierce ultraviolet radiation.
March 10, 2014
A telescope bigger than a galaxy
Astronomers have figured out how to use the gravity of distant galaxies to bend light and magnify images, forming gigantic telescopes that see deeper into the cosmos than ever before.
March 10, 2014
Watch a near-Earth asteroid online Sunday night
Asteroid 2014 CU13 will pass about 8 lunar distances (2 million miles or 3 million km) away. Both the Virtual Telescope Project and Slooh will be broadcasting.
March 8, 2014
A river of plasma guards us from solar storms
MIT scientists identify a plasma plume that naturally protects the Earth against high-energy solar activity.
March 6, 2014
Shark studies go electronic
Shark-cams, sensors, electronic pills reveal sharks' secrets.
March 6, 2014
Monster black hole spins at half the speed of light
Light speed is about 300,000 kilometers per second (186,000 miles per second), so this black hole is spinning almost unbelievably fast.
March 5, 2014
Watch March come in like a lion over eastern U.S.
Satellite video captures the awesome power of the winter storms that hit the eastern U.S. on the first days of March.
March 5, 2014
Rising seas threaten world cultural sites, says study
Statue of Liberty, Independence Hall, Tower of London and Sydney Opera House are among sites that could be lost to rising seas if current global warming trend continues.
March 5, 2014
Horses found competing with endangered pandas for bamboo
At the Wolong Nature Reserve for endangered pandas, horses belonging to farmers were found grazing on bamboo, the pandas' only food source.
March 5, 2014
Rocket launched straight into aurora
A NASA-funded sounding rocket launched straight into an aurora over Venetie, Alaska, on March 3, 2014.
March 4, 2014
