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NASA's Parker Solar Probe Mission to Touch the Sun Explained (Infographic)
June 06, 2017 | InfographicLearn all about NASA's Parker Solar Probe mission, which the agency aims to launch in July 2018. The spacecraft will get seven times closer to the sun than any probe ever has before.
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'Vacation Guide to the Solar System': Where Would YOU Go?
June 06, 2017 | ArticleOlivia Koski and Jana Grcevich want to send everyone to space — on vacation.
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Hottest Alien Planet Ever Discovered Is a Real Scorcher
June 05, 2017 | ArticleAstronomers have found the hottest known exoplanet, a world where temperatures exceed those on the surface of most stars.
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Mars Crater or Collapse? A Photo Mystery in Martian 'Swiss Cheese'
June 05, 2017 | ArticleScientists aren't sure if a big dimple on Mars came from something smacking into the Red Planet's surface or if it was simply caused by a collapse.
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Do Stars Vanish Into a Black Hole or Crash Against a Surface? A New Test Answers
June 05, 2017 | ArticleSome have cast doubt about the existence of black hole event horizons from which nothing, not even light, can escape the gravitational pull.
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Astronomers Are About to Get a Look at Pluto Probe's Next Flyby Target
June 03, 2017 | ArticleNew Horizons team members have traveled to Argentina and South Africa to watch the Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69 — the mission's next flyby target — pass in front of a distant star.
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The Grand Canyon Is Extra Grand in This Stunning Student Photo from Space
June 02, 2017 | ArticleOne of the world's largest canyons – the United States' Grand Canyon – dominates below wispy clouds in this jaw-dropping view from the International Space Station.
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Solar System Planets: Order of the 8 (or 9) Planets
June 02, 2017 | ReferenceThere used to be nine planets. Now there are eight, or maybe there are nine after all. Whichever you prefer, here is a list of them in the order they appear in the solar system.
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Will the Thirty Meter Telescope Be Moved to the Canary Islands?
June 02, 2017 | ArticleA new report by Canadian astronomers considers the benefits of moving the planned Thirty Meter Telescope from its controversial building site at Hawaii's Mauna Kea volcano to Spain's Canary Islands.
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Did a Starry 'Mosh Pit' Spawn LIGO’s Gravitational Waves? (Kavli Roundtable)
June 02, 2017 | ArticleScientists are finding dozens of black holes within densely packed collections of stars called globular clusters. A computer simulation is revealing these clusters’ secrets, including whether they gave rise to recently observed gravitational waves.
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