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James Webb Telescope Discovers Rare Scene From Saturn's Moon
The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered Saturn's moon Enceladus spewing out a giant plume of water vapor, much larger than any seen before.
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A ghostly object is warping the galaxy that contains Earth
The Milky Way's giant disk of light is warped and twisted in mysterious ways.
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Rare detailed image of sunspot
New images of the Sun's surface reveal sunspots and other structures in greater detail than ever before, CNN reported on May 25.
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NASA taps gold mine worth 70,000 times the global economy
The asteroid Psyche is considered a valuable resource, with huge amounts of gold and diamonds worth 70,000 times the world economy.
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James Webb Telescope Discovers Massive Supercluster Hidden Deep in the Milky Way
After years of being obscured by dust and gas, the largest young supercluster in the Milky Way - Westerlund 1 - has finally been discovered by the James Webb Space Teles…
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Superstructure in space 'shades' Earth
International experts have been researching a giant sunshade placed in space to help combat global climate change.
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New signs of habitable planet found
It is possible that humanity has seen a habitable planet for a long time without knowing it, because it ignored signs of an Earth-like phenomenon.
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'Child of Big Bang' appears 33 billion light years from Earth
With the help of the galaxy cluster
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Wormholes Could Help Us Travel Through Time
The prospect of time travel via wormholes is not a new concept in sci-fi movies, but what if it wasn't just science fiction?
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New discovery: 7 Earth-like planets that could be habitable
The seven planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system all share some Earth-like characteristics that could be favorable for supporting life.
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Is alien life trying to contact Earth?
Astronomers from Curtin University have discovered a star 15,000 light years away that continuously emits radio pulses every 22 minutes.
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China releases first image taken by wide-field telescope
China has just released the latest image of the Andromeda Galaxy, more than 2 million light years from Earth.
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Arranged in strange shapes, giant tornadoes on Jupiter leave scientists stunned
Scientists believe this could be a sign that there are physical elements on Jupiter that humans are not aware of.
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Shock Detected on the Dark Side of the Moon: Structure Identical to Earth!
On the far side of the Moon, where we can't see it from Earth, a 50km-diameter structure could overturn everything we think about this celestial body.
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Scientists Stunned to Discover Star With Supersonic Tsunamis Three Times Higher Than the Sun
Each time a 4 million kilometer high tsunami crashes onto the star's surface, it releases enough energy to shatter the Earth hundreds of times over.