Space

  1. Space

    Baby star

    Astronomers have observed the earliest twinkles ever picked up from a newborn star.

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  2. Space

    A dusty birthplace

    Evidence of separate bands of dust suggests the presence of a planet orbiting a young star.

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  3. Space

    Clash of the galaxies

    An X-ray image unveils an immense collision between two huge clusters of galaxies.

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  4. Planets

    A very distant planet says “cheese”

    A small red spot may be the first picture ever taken of a planet outside the solar system.

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  5. Space

    Searching for alien life

    A robot rover practices looking for alien life by trekking across the world's driest desert.

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  6. Planets

    Planet Hunters Nab Three More

    Astronomers have spotted three Neptune-size planets outside our solar system.

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  7. Planets

    Saturn’s New Moons

    The Cassini spacecraft has found evidence of lightning and two tiny moons orbiting the ringed planet.

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  8. Space

    Burst busters

    A powerful type of explosion in outer space is much more common, but not always as powerful, as astronomers had thought.

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  9. Planets

    Ringing Saturn

    The Cassini spacecraft has arrived at Saturn to start exploring the planet and its rings and moons.

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  10. Planets

    Witnessing a Rare Venus Eclipse

    On June 8, Venus will cross in front of the sun for the first time since 1882.

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  11. Space

    Older Stars, New Age for the Universe

    The oldest stars appear to be about a billion years older than astronomers had estimated.

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  12. Planets

    Search for a Missing Moon

    Sedna, the most distant object known in the solar system, doesn't appear to have a moon.

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