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Pulsar punches hole in stellar disk
Two stars in a double system are not playing nice. One star, a pulsar, has punched a hole in the disk of the other, sending debris outward at 7% of light speed!
July 26, 2015
Kepler-452b is older, bigger Earth cousin
The Kepler mission has confirmed the first near-Earth-size planet in the habitable zone - or zone where liquid water can exist - around a sunlike star.
July 23, 2015
What black holes like to eat
Astronomers have caught a monster black hole in the act of eating a star. But, they say, stars are not standard fare for black holes.
July 23, 2015
More ice mountains in Pluto’s heart
A second range of ice mountains has been found on Pluto, in images from New Horizons.
July 22, 2015
Closest views yet of Nix and Hydra
Pluto has five known moons, and it's a bit surprising that New Horizons hasn't found any new ones yet. Newly released images show small moons Nix and Hydra.
July 22, 2015
Philae comet lander falls silent
The Rosetta team is hoping that a software patch will help re-establish reliable contact with the little Philae lander, lodged somewhere on the comet's surface.
July 20, 2015
Unprecedented $100 million to SETI
Breakthrough Listen initiative, announced Monday, will scan the nearest million stars, plus stars in 100 other galaxies, for signs of an advanced civilization.
July 20, 2015
Intelligent life in the universe?
Scientific arguments suggest that alien civilizations should be common in our galaxy. If so, where is everybody? That question is known as the Fermi paradox.
July 20, 2015
Mountain with a moat on Charon
Latest image release from New Horizons team shows Pluto's moon Charon a strange mountain rising out of a depression. They're calling it a “mountain in a moat.”
July 19, 2015
Update on mission to asteroid Bennu
NASA's OSIRIS-Rex mission is on target for a 2016 launch to near-Earth asteroid Bennu. It will reach Bennu in 2018 and return samples to Earth in 2023.
July 18, 2015
