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We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
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Atom & Cosmos
New measurements give the farthest look yet into the universe, plus more in this week's news.
By Science News - Space
‘Deep Impact’ comet revisited
NASA takes pictures of Tempel 1 five years after shooting it with a probe.
By Ron Cowen -
- Space
Black holes take light for a spin
Reseearchers say they have found a way to directly observe the existence of spinning black holes.
By Ron Cowen - Space
Milky Way munched on galactic snack
The galaxy appears to have gobbled up stars from another galaxy 700 million years ago, and may still have an appetite.
By Ron Cowen -
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The sun, captured from all the angles
NASA reveals the first 360-degree panorama of the sun, which should enable early detection of potentially damaging solar storms.
By Ron Cowen - Astronomy
Supernova to superfluid
Neutron stars, some of the densest objects in the universe, may be cooled by frictionless liquid sloshing in their cores.
By Devin Powell - Space
First stars may still shine
Simulations suggest some slow-burning remnants of the early universe may still exist.
By Ron Cowen - Space
Spacecraft sees signs of 1,200-plus worlds
The Kepler mission releases information on hundreds of newly discovered candidate planets beyond the solar system, including about 50 that could be habitable.
By Ron Cowen - Space
Atom & Cosmos
Evidence gets stronger that Mars once held an ocean, plus more in this week’s news.
By Science News - Space
A galaxy far, far, far away
The Hubble space telescope has observed what may be the most distant celestial object ever observed 13.2 billion light-years from Earth.
By Ron Cowen