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A large crustal block on Venus (smooth dark area), bigger than Alaska, shows evidence of tectonic motion (grooves and ridges surrounding it), indicating Venus may yet be active today. Credit: Paul Byrne, based on original NASA/JPL imagery.
New evidence that parts of Venus’ crust may be squishy
Phil Plait
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Scientists are puzzled over why Earth's core keeps growing all lopsided
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Star formation is beautiful and terrifying
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The spectacular star-forming nebula W51 seen in infrared by the Spitzer Space Telescope. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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Yes, there is such a thing as a wandering meatloaf creature with iron teeth
Elizabeth Rayne
iron teeth of Cryptochiton stelleri
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NGC 4394: A gorgeous galaxy with a built-in bar
Phil Plait
Detail of the bar and core of the nearby spiral galaxy NGC 4394. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, Acknowledgement: Judy Schmidt (Geckzilla)
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New mega dinosaur species discovered in Australia is one of world's biggest ever found
Jeff Spry
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The rise and rapid fall of the Stingray Nebula
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Henize 3-1357, aka the Stingray Nebula, seen in 1996 and 2006 by Hubble, has changed significantly over that time, fading in many places. Credit: NASA, ESA, B. Balick (University of Washington), M. Guerrero (Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía), and G
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Microscopic animals from Siberia's icy permafrost revived after 24,000 years
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Not to creep you out, but the Milky Way developed kind of like a human embryo
Elizabeth Rayne
M81 spiral galaxy
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Chinese radio telescope finds hundreds of new pulsars
Phil Plait
Artwork depicting a millisecond pulsar, sped up to phenomenal rotation rates by material it's eating from its companion star. Credit: NASA / GSFC SVS / Dana Berry
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Better than Cupid! New brain-computer interface tells you who you find attractive
Jeff Spry
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A hidden planet reveals itself by yanking on its neighbor
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Two super-Earths orbit a red dwarf star in this artwork. As system like this may be extremely common in the Universe. Credit: Alex Boersma
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A new, private orbital space telescope preparing to help ramp up search for habitable planets
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The first lone neutron star ever seen outside the Milky Way
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The supernova remnant 1E 0102.2-7219 seen by three telescopes: The red background (note the stars) from Hubble, the Very Large Telescope in green, and X-rays seen by Chandra X-ray Observatory in blue and purple.
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Have we seen aliens? U.S. Defense hints at ‘unidentified’ phenomena in upcoming UFO report
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Primordial plasma from the Big Bang recreated in particle accelerator experiments
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