Galaxies

Galaxies

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  10 Things to Know for Thursday

  Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about Thursday: 1. US TRIES FOR A TRICKY BALANCE ON KOREA ... 

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  Distant galaxy regains title as oldest in universe

  A galaxy once considered the oldest has reclaimed its title, scientists reported Wednesday. Poring through Hubble Space Telescope photos, the team ... 

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  Chile's ALMA probes for origins of universe

  Earth's largest radio telescope is growing more powerful by the day on this remote plateau high above Chile's Atacama desert, where visitors often ... 

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  Earth-sized planet found just outside solar system

  European astronomers say that just outside our solar system they've found a planet that's the closest you can get to Earth in location and size. 

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  35 years later, Voyager 1 is heading beyond the stars

  Thirty-five years after leaving Earth, Voyager 1 is reaching for the stars. Sooner or later, the workhorse spacecraft will bid adieu to the solar ... 

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  Star births seen on cosmic scale in distant galaxy

  Scientists have found a cosmic supermom. It's a galaxy that gives births to more stars in a day than ours does in a year. Astronomers used NASA's ... 

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  NASA launches telescope to seek out black holes

  NASA on Wednesday launched its newest X-ray space telescope on a mission to shine a light on black holes and other hard-to-see objects lurking in the ...