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Entire star cluster thrown out of its galaxy
Galaxy M87 has thrown an entire star cluster toward us at two million miles per hour. The cluster's fate, scientists say, is to drift through the void between the galaxies for all time.
May 1, 2014
Exoplanet’s day lasts only 8 hours
The length of an exoplanet's day has been measured for first time.
Planet Beta Pictoris b, 63 light-years away, is 16 times larger and 3,000 times more massive than the Earth, yet a day on the planet only lasts 8 hours.
April 30, 2014
See it! Photos and video of partial solar eclipse of April 29
Check out these photos and video of the April 29 partial solar eclipse.
April 29, 2014
Growing lettuce in space
A new space-faring lettuce is taking root on the International Space Station. Its name is "Outregeous."
April 28, 2014
Sun’s fourth-closest neighbor is cold and frosty
Astronomers have discovered a dim, star-like body that surprisingly is as frosty as Earth's North Pole. This "brown dwarf" is only 7.2 light years away, making it one of the sun's nearest neighbors.
April 28, 2014
Is spacetime like a liquid?
A very slippery superfluid, that’s what spacetime could be like, say physicists.
April 24, 2014
The zodiacal light, seen from the moon
NASA's LADEE spacecraft captured images of the eerie zodiacal light seen from the moon, shortly before it made a planned crash-landing on April 17.
April 24, 2014
A dance of supermassive black holes
This is the first time a pair of orbiting, supermassive black holes has been found in an ordinary galaxy.
April 22, 2014
Whoa! 26 atom-bomb-scale asteroid impacts since 2000
Most exploded over an ocean, and too high in the atmosphere to do damage, but evidence is mounting that asteroid impacts are more frequent than once believed.
April 22, 2014
MESSENGER completes 3,000th orbit of Mercury, sets mark for closest approach
MESSENGER has been getting closer to Mercury since March. It's now closer to the planet than any spacecraft has been before.
April 21, 2014
