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Record-Setting Star Orbits Dangerously Close to Black Hole
March 14, 2017 | ArticleA white dwarf star apparently whips around its companion black hole once every 28 minutes, a new study suggests. That means the two objects are likely separated by just 2.5 Earth-moon distances — the tightest such orbit ever observed around a black hole,
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Albert Einstein: Biography, Theories & Quotes
March 14, 2017 | ReferenceAlbert Einstein profoundly changed physics and ideas about space and time. Learn his theories, find facts and quotes from the man with an IQ of 160.
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Satellites Track Huge Snow Storm's Approach to US East Coast (Video)
March 13, 2017 | ArticleAs a winter storm prepares to wallop the East Coast tonight and tomorrow (March 13 and 14), NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are keeping a close eye on the region with multiple satellites.
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Kepler Telescope Sees Pixelated View of 7-Planet Star System
March 13, 2017 | ArticleNASA's planet-hunting Kepler Space Telescope captured a very pixelated view of a star system containing seven Earth-size planets.
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New Animated Video Ponders the Mystery of Dark Matter
March 13, 2017 | ArticleAstrophysicist Janna Levin's musings on the invisible stuff called dark matter provide inspiration for artist Daniela Sherer's imaginative illustrations in a new animated video.
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White Dwarf Star Orbits Black Hole In Less Than Half An Hour | Video
March 13, 2017 | VideoOnce every half an hour is the time it takes for a white dwarf to orbit around a nearby black hole in binary system X9. It's the closest pairing of a star and black hole observed yet. The system is located in the dense star cluster 47 Tucanae.
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Saturn's 'Death Star' Moon Mimas Shines in New Photo
March 13, 2017 | ArticleA stunning new photo by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows Saturn's battered "Death Star" moon Mimas in glorious detail.
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Major Winter Storm Seen From Space - Set To Wallop East Coast | Video
March 13, 2017 | VideoThe winter storm was tracked by NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite. It captured the storm in visible, infrared, and colorized Infrared spectrums. It also delivered water vapor imagery of the storm.
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Budweiser Aims to Brew First Beer on Mars, Plans Space Station Experiments
March 13, 2017 | ArticleBudweiser has committed to brewing a beer for colonists on the Red Planet. "The King of Beers" revealed its "Bud On Mars" long-term effort, including plans to launch experiments to the space station, at the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas.
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Mission Invades SXSW 2017
March 12, 2017 | ArticleAn interactive exhibit on NASA's next flagship space observatory, the James Webb Space Telescope, has landed at the 2017 South by Southwest (SXSW) celebration in Austin, Texas.
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