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The Milky Way Is a Snowy White, Astronomers Say

It is described as a “spring snow at an hour after sunrise or before sunset.” Sounds pretty nice to us.

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NASA Finds Planet in ‘Habitable Zone’ That Could Sustain Life

Kepler-22b, scientists say, has a fighting chance at sustaining liquid water – and perhaps even life.

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Stumped Scientists: How Can a Giant Black Hole Exist in a Very Small Galaxy?

This newly discovered galaxy is like the rebel child that breaks all the rules.

Kepler-10b is the first planet to be Earth-like, mostly made up of rock (Kepler Mission / Dana Berry / NASA)

First Earth-Like Planet Found in Space

Kepler 10-b, a new rocky Earth-like planet found by NASA, could be the missing link between Earth and the rest of the galaxy by being the first possible habitable planet found in the universe.

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Amateur Stargazer Leads NASA to Baby Black Hole

Apparently Albert Einstein was wrong, black holes are not where God divided by zero!

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Scientists Catch Black Hole Making Its Own Galaxy

Scientists were puzzled recently by quasar HE0450-2958, which did not appear to have a host galaxy. (As everyone knows, all quasars have host galaxies.) However, by looking at it with their Special Science Telescope, they were able to see a nearby black hole pumping the quasar with matter and energy. This will eventually create a [...]