Space
We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
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On Kepler-16b, shadows come in pairs
Astronomers discover a planet that orbits a pair of stars.
- Space
Planet search finds lots of little guys
The latest collection of extrasolar bodies to be revealed is rich in worlds not much bigger than Earth.
- Space
Atom & Cosmos
Black holes could make the sun jiggle, nanodiamonds' origin and more in this week's news.
- Space
Hints of dark matter reported, again
European experiment sees some evidence for a heretofore unseen component of the universe.
- Space
Super-Earths may come in two flavors
As more exoplanets are discovered, evidence emerges that worlds can be either fluffy or dense.
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- Astronomy
Star goes boom, telescopes zoom
Astronomers have spotted a supernova in the Pinwheel Galaxy, the nearest such stellar explosion in decades.
- Space
Atom & Cosmos
Planets born with off-kilter orbits, the planet formerly known as a star and more in this week's news.
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- Space
Asteroid sample nails meteorite source
Dust returned from space by the Hayabusa mission shows where most space rocks landing on Earth originate.
- Astronomy
Galactic bull’s-eye came naturally
A strange cosmic object isn't the result of a galactic crash, a new study suggests.
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