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New cross section of the universe
New Hubble image shows objects ranging from cosmic near neighbors to objects seen in the early years of the universe.
April 17, 2014
Cosmic slurp: Where a black hole swallows a star
Astronomers have identified galaxies where a central black hole just disrupted and ‘ate' a star. It's like a black hole putting up a sign that says: Here I am.
April 16, 2014
Large Hadron Collider discovers new form of matter
Researchers say that exotic hadrons -particles made up of two quarks and two anti-quarks - actually exist.
April 15, 2014
A tetrad of lunar eclipses, next one October 8
Monday's eclipse marks the beginning of a special eclipse series known as a tetrad - four total lunar eclipses in a row, with no partial eclipses in between. The next one is October 8.
April 15, 2014
Is Saturn making a new moon?
A small icy object within the rings of Saturn might be a brand new moon in the process of being born.
April 15, 2014
See it! Photos of total lunar eclipse of April 14-15
Beautiful images of the 'Blood Moon' total lunar eclipse of April 14-15, 2014.
April 15, 2014
Why is Mars near the moon on eclipse night?
A total eclipse moon has to happen at full moon. Outer planets are always near the full moon in their month of opposition. Mars reached opposition April 8 ...
April 14, 2014
Beauty from chaos on Mars
Catastrophic flooding is thought to have created the heavily eroded Osuga Valles on Mars ... and the features within it.
April 11, 2014
Astronomers may have spotted the first exomoon!
If it's true this distant planet has a moon, the moon would weigh less than Earth, and the planet would be more massive than Jupiter.
April 10, 2014
Cataclysmic asteroid impact some 3.26 billion years ago
Scientists have reconstructed a collision between the early Earth and an asteroid. It dwarfed the event that caused dinosaurs to go extinct 65 million years ago.
April 9, 2014
