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Hubble image of the unusual comet P/2019 LD2, which is currently orbiting the Sun near Jupiter, but will soon be ejected from the solar system. Credit: NASA, ESA, and B. Bolin (Caltech)
A comet makes a pit stop near Jupiter but will eventually get flung into interstellar space
Phil Plait
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So water vapor is seeping out of Mars, but what could it mean?
Elizabeth Rayne
sunset on Mars
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Can a planet be bigger than its star?
Phil Plait
Artwork depicting the white dwarf WD 1856 and its massive planet, far larger than the star itself. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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New analysis weakens — but doesn't kill — the case for Planet Nine (UPDATED)
Phil Plait
Art depicting a hypothetical Planet Nine orbiting the Sun far beyond Neptune. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech / Robert Hurt
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Incredible microscope images of molecules show what Titan's haze looks like up *very* close
Phil Plait
Tholin analogues created in a lab to mimic Titan’s haze particles. The scalebar on the left is 1 micron, one-millionth of a meter. Credit Nathalie Carrasco (CC BY-ND 2.0)
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Black holes swarm in the core of a globular cluster
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Artwork based on a real Hubble observation of NGC 6397 showing black holes swarming in its core. Credit: ESA/Hubble, N. Bartmann
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Ham-mazing! Pigs are learning how joysticks work to save their video game bacon
Benjamin Bullard
A pair of pigs in the sun
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Einsteinium is elusive, but scientists just got smarter about it
Elizabeth Rayne
Einstein
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Have astronomers finally found a planet around Alpha Centauri? Maaaaaaaaaybe.
Phil Plait
Artwork depicting an exoplanet orbiting one of the two stars making up the binary Alpha Centauri. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada/Nick Risinger (skysurvey.org)
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Here are the best places to find ice on Mars
Phil Plait
A spectacular mosaic of the south polar region of Mars, taken by Mars Express in December 2014. Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin/J. Cowart, CC BY-SA 3.0
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South American scientists unearth skull of ancient 12-foot-tall ground sloth
Jeff Spry
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Eclipsing binary white dwarfs, weird mergers, and peculiar supernovae
Phil Plait
Sgr A East (the blue glow to the left showing X-rays) is debris expanding away from an unusual kind of supernova called a Type Iax, when two white dwarfs merge and explode.
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Forget bandages: This first-ever Egyptian mud-wrapped mummy dates back over 3,200 years
Jeff Spry
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A billion galaxies lurk in a 10 trillion pixel map of the sky
Phil Plait
A small group of galaxies called the Copeland Septet, seen in the DESI Legacy Sky Surveys. Credit: DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys/LBNL/DOE & KPNO/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
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What secrets about Mars is its moon Phobos hiding?
Elizabeth Rayne
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Happy (Martian) New Year!
Phil Plait
Happy Martian new year! Credit: Getty Images / Fotonen / arsenic and NASA/ESA, J. Bell (Cornell U.) and M. Wolff (SSI)
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