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The effect of 'Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back' can still be felt after 40 years
With an epic plot twist that was shrouded in secrecy, this was the equivalent of an “Avengers” movie four decades…
Source: Space.com
Visit the Milky Way's supermassive black hole with 'Galactic Center VR' visualization (video)
A new virtual reality experience lets you fly closely, but safely, towards the supermassive black hole embedded in the heart…
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Astronomers turn back time to solve Einstein ring mystery
Astronomers time traveled through archives of data to spot an object that made history in the 1980s and solve a…
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Pulsar caught binging on star before brilliant x-ray blast
You can’t rush a superdense star as it gobbles up bites of a neighbor for nearly two weeks before shooting…
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Martian moon's orbit suggests the Red Planet had a ring
A cycle of moon formation through ring systems could explain the slightly tilted orbit of Deimos, the smaller of Mars’…
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Earth from space: 'Overview effect' could help troubled country, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson says
Neil deGrasse Tyson thinks we could all use a strong dose of the overview effect right now.
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Best Astronaut Books
Read about the people who push us out to the stars. Check out some of our favorite books about astronauts…
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June full moon 2020: The 'Strawberry Moon' brings a penumbral lunar eclipse
The full moon of June, also called the Strawberry Moon, will occur June 5 at 3:12 p.m. EDT (1912 GMT).…
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Mysterious 'Fermi Bubbles' may be the result of black hole indigestion 6 million years ago
Twin shock waves produced by the galaxy’s central black hole could have inflated the gargantuan Fermi Bubbles about 6 million…
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How close can you get to a black hole?
Physicists are figuring out how close you can get to a black hole before you are unlikely to escape. That…
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Best night sky events of June 2020 (stargazing maps)
See what’s up in the night sky for June 2020, including stargazing events and the moon’s phases, in this Space.com…
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The brightest planets in June's night sky: How to see them (and when)
Here’s how to see planets visible in June’s night sky.
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Fiery meteor that doomed the dinosaurs struck at 'deadliest possible' angle
The asteroid that sealed the dinosaurs’ fate at the end of the Cretaceous struck at an angle that was the…
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How heavy is the universe? Conflicting answers hint at new physics.
Two entirely different ways of “weighing” the cosmos are producing disparate results. The discrepancy could be a sign that physicists…
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Night sky, June 2020: What you can see this month [maps]
Find out what’s up in your night sky during June 2020 and how to see it in this Space.com stargazing…
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Hydrogen ice? Unheard-of composition could explain 'Oumuamua's weirdness
The weirdness of our solar system’s first known interstellar visitor stems from a very unusual composition, a new study suggests.
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Proxima b, the closest alien planet we know, may be even more Earth-like than we thought
The closest alien planet to our solar system is even more Earth-like than scientists had thought, new observations suggest.
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Meteor that blasted millions of trees in Siberia only 'grazed' Earth, new research says
Scientists have a new explanation for an explosive cosmic event in 1908 that flattened trees for hundreds of miles in…
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A first-of-its-kind asteroid thrilled astronomers. But it was just a comet fraud.
For a week, it was a truly stunning crumb of the solar system — until scientists realized it was just…
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'Vigorous' magnetic field oddity spotted over South Atlantic
European satellites are investigating the development of two distinct weak points within the South Atlantic Anomaly of Earth’s magnetic field.
Source: Space.com
General Relativity passes the Ratio's Test
Using gravitational waves to approximate pi, physicists see no problem with Einstein’s theory of general relativity.
Source: Space.com