Space
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SpaceClash of the galaxies
An X-ray image unveils an immense collision between two huge clusters of galaxies.
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PlanetsA very distant planet says “cheese”
A small red spot may be the first picture ever taken of a planet outside the solar system.
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SpaceSearching for alien life
A robot rover practices looking for alien life by trekking across the world's driest desert.
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PlanetsPlanet Hunters Nab Three More
Astronomers have spotted three Neptune-size planets outside our solar system.
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PlanetsSaturn’s New Moons
The Cassini spacecraft has found evidence of lightning and two tiny moons orbiting the ringed planet.
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SpaceBurst busters
A powerful type of explosion in outer space is much more common, but not always as powerful, as astronomers had thought.
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PlanetsRinging Saturn
The Cassini spacecraft has arrived at Saturn to start exploring the planet and its rings and moons.
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PlanetsWitnessing a Rare Venus Eclipse
On June 8, Venus will cross in front of the sun for the first time since 1882.
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SpaceOlder Stars, New Age for the Universe
The oldest stars appear to be about a billion years older than astronomers had estimated.
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PlanetsSearch for a Missing Moon
Sedna, the most distant object known in the solar system, doesn't appear to have a moon.
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PlanetsPlanets on the Edge
The discovery of a strange, planetlike object beyond Pluto adds to the puzzle of how the solar system formed.
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SpaceDestination Mars
Sending mice into space is just one step toward putting astronauts on Mars.
By Emily Sohn