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Table salt may be hiding in Europa’s underground sea
Observations of Europa by the Hubble Space Telescope suggest that the moon’s ice-covered ocean may hold sodium chloride, or common table salt.
By Carolyn Wilke | 11:02am, June 14, 2019
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News | Astronomy
Massive superflares have been seen erupting from stars like the sun
By Randall Hyman | 7:00am, June 14, 2019
Antilia 2 galaxy
News in Brief | Astronomy
Astronomers may have spotted the ghost galaxy that hit the Milky Way long ago
By Lisa Grossman | 12:00pm, June 12, 2019
solar satellite
50 Years Ago | Astronomy
50 years ago, scientists wanted to build solar panels on the moon
By Kyle Plantz | 8:00am, June 07, 2019
galaxy clusters Abell 0399 and Abell 0401
News | Astronomy
In a first, magnetic fields have been spotted between two galaxy clusters
By Maria Temming | 2:00pm, June 06, 2019
center of Milky Way
News | Astronomy
The accretion disk around our galaxy’s black hole has been spotted at last
By Lisa Grossman | 1:02pm, June 05, 2019
solar eclipse
Science Visualized | Astronomy
Watch the oldest surviving film of a total solar eclipse
By Lisa Grossman | 5:03pm, May 30, 2019
solar eclipse
News | Astronomy
100 years ago, an eclipse proved Einstein right. Today, black holes do too — for now
By Lisa Grossman | 6:00am, May 29, 2019
Very Large Array
News | Astronomy
Big black holes can settle in the outskirts of small galaxies
By Lisa Grossman | 10:57am, May 23, 2019
gamma ray burst
News | Astronomy
Dying stars called collapsars may forge much of the universe’s gold
By Emily Conover | 1:02pm, May 08, 2019
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