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As the Asteroid Turns: NASA Probe Snaps Video of Spinning Bennu
November 09, 2018 | ArticleThe diamond-shaped asteroid Bennu has a bouldery "witch mole" and a whole lot of other lumps and bumps, a gorgeous new video by NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft reveals.
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Taurus Constellation: Facts About the Bull
November 08, 2018 | ReferenceThe bull is hard to miss as it charges through the northern winter sky. It's one of the most prominent and visible of all of the constellations.
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Dreaming of Mars Since Age 13, Astronaut Abby Inspires Women in STEM
November 08, 2018 | ArticleBy aiming for Mars, 21-year-old Abigail Harrison hopes to inspire young women on Earth to pursue their own dreams.
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This 13.5-Billion-Year-Old Star Is a Tiny Relic from Just After the Big Bang
November 08, 2018 | ArticleAstronomers think they have identified a star they believe to be about 13.5 billion years old, which would place its birth just after the Big Bang — and it's surprisingly close to us.
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NASA's Sun-Kissing Solar Probe Survives 1st Flyby of Our Star
November 08, 2018 | ArticleNASA's Parker Solar Probe phoned home Wednesday (Nov. 7), confirming that it survived its first record-breaking sun flyby in good condition.
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Diamond Asteroids: How Bennu and Ryugu Got Their Fancy Shapes
November 08, 2018 | ArticleThe striking diamond shapes of the space rocks Ryugu and Bennu — the targets of the sample-return missions Hayabusa2 and OSIRIS-REx, respectively — apparently result from the near-Earth asteroids' rubble-pile composition.
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Ghostly Orange Light Envelopes Earth During Rare Airglow
November 07, 2018 | ArticleAn eerie, marmalade-colored light show made Earth look like a gigantic orange lollipop early this morning (Nov. 7), prompting an astronaut aboard the International Space Station to snap a photo of it to share with Earthlings down below.
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Supermassive Black Holes Collide in First-Ever Views of Galactic Merger Final Stages
November 07, 2018 | ArticleFor the first time, astronomers have observed the final stages of galactic mergers, peering through thick walls of gas and dust to see pairs of supermassive black holes drawing closer together and the black holes' rapid growth.
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Monster Rifts in Comet Tails Are Sculpted By the Sun
November 07, 2018 | ArticleScientists are one step closer to understanding why some comets have strange dust bands in their tails. The main culprit in this cosmic mystery? Our own sun.
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In Search for Alien Planets, a New Era Will Rise from Kepler's Demise
November 07, 2018 | ArticleThe Kepler mission officially ended on Oct. 30, when NASA announced that the spacecraft had run out of fuel and would receive its last commands this week or next — but its legacy will stretch far beyond just the planets it happened to spot.
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