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Why Total Solar Eclipses Are Total Coincidences
June 27, 2017 | ArticleAncient astronomers interpreted solar eclipses as omens of disaster, while folktales around the world typically explained the celestial events as a conflict between the sun and a devouring celestial dragon, wolf or rat.
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White Dwarf's Pull on Red Giant Triggers Thermonuclear Blasts (Video)
June 27, 2017 | ArticleA new video shows the explosive reaction when a dense stellar corpse sucks up material from a pulsating dead star.
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OMG Mission: Greenland's Ice Melting Faster Than Previously Thought (Video)
June 27, 2017 | ArticleThanks to rising temperatures, glaciers in Greenland are melting faster than scientists previously thought — and a new NASA video shows how researchers are tracking the feet per day of changes.
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Image of the Day
June 27, 2017 | Image AlbumThis long, faint cloud of interstellar gas and dust is the emission nebula NGC 1499. Because of its shape, astronomers nicknamed it the California Nebula.
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Gardening in Microgravity: How Space Plants Are Adapting (Video)
June 26, 2017 | ArticleA new NASA video explores the science of space gardening and what researchers are learning about plants in space.
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Colorful Clouds on Jupiter by Juno
June 25, 2017 | ArticleDuring Juno's seventh of 37 expected orbits, JunoCam captured this fantastical image showing many details of Jupiter's atmosphere.
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Glowing Nebula Decorates Space in Hubble Image
June 24, 2017 | ArticleA splendid nebula decorates the cosmos 2,000 light-years from Earth.
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The Most Amazing Space Photos This Week!
June 24, 2017 | Image AlbumA "Strawberry Minimoon" rises over New York City, the Black Sea turns turquoise and Saturn's moon Iapetus has a two-toned face. Here are our picks for the most amazing space photos of the week.
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The Most Amazing Space Stories of the Week!
June 24, 2017 | Countdown4,034 potential planets, the blinding power of a solar eclipse, a military space corps and a horde of space lasers feature in Space.com's top stories this week.
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The Missing Link: Where Are Medium-Size Black Holes?
June 23, 2017 | ArticleFor decades, while astronomers have detected black holes equal in mass either to a few suns or to millions of suns, the missing-link black holes in between have eluded discovery.
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