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Tech
Curiosity lands on Mars!
NASA successfully delivered a $2.5 billion robotic vehicle to Mars, one that will explore for signs that the planet might once have hosted life
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Space
An invisible cosmic bridge
Astronomers find strange stuff in the space between two clusters of galaxies.
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Space
Galactic mashup
Save the date: The Milky Way will merge with its nearest large neighbor in about 4 billion years.
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Space
Black hole’s big gulp
Astronomers say a bright flare in space shows where a black hole tore apart a star.
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Physics
Dark matter search turns up empty
Star study suggests our cosmic neighborhood may be lacking invisible matter.
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Space
Martian devil
Giant whirlwind photographed as it snakes its way across a plain in northern Mars
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Space
‘Ruler’ to measure space
Study of energy waves formed during the Big Bang supports Einstein’s prediction that a strange, invisible force is pushing the universe apart.
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Planets
Worlds beyond the solar system
Planet hunters have found hundreds of exoplanets, but none just like Earth.
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Space
Surprise ions
A high-flying satellite reveals a crowd of charged particles in the magnetosphere.
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Space
Mapping the invisible
Astronomers don’t know what dark matter is, but they have mapped where it’s hiding.