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{FD} What to do if your solar eclipse glasses won’t arrive in time

If you won't have eclipse glasses in time for the total solar eclipse that will cross the United States on Aug. 21, here are your options for getting them in a hurry or viewing the eclipse another way....

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{FD} Proposed orbiter could probe the ocean beneath Saturn’s moon Titan

When NASA's Cassini mission arrived at Saturn, it pressed through the haze surrounding the ringed planet's largest moon, Titan, to reveal a complex, liquid-covered world with the potential to support...

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{FD} Cassini’s Swan Song: How Saturn Probe Will Spend Its Final Day

NASA's Cassini spacecraft will work hard to the very end. Continue reading →

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{FD} Dwarf planet Ceres may have had a global ocean in ancient past

Nestled in the asteroid belt, the dwarf planet Ceres contains water-rich materials that suggest it once boasted a global ocean in its distant past. Continue reading →

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{FD} Neptune’s moon, Triton, is a homewrecker

Neptune's original family of satellites may have been destroyed when its largest moon, Triton, entered the picture. Continue reading →

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{FD} Early Earth took a heavy beating after the Moon was formed

Earth may have been bruised by the impact of more than one moon-size object early in its life. Continue reading →

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{FD} Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is more than 50 times deeper than Earth’s ocean

NASA's Juno spacecraft is getting to the roots of Jupiter's famous Great Red Spot. Continue reading →

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{FD} Dwarf planet Ceres’ bright spots suggest an ancient ocean

NEW ORLEANS — The dwarf planet Ceres' famous bright spots suggest that the gray, crater-laden world is surprisingly active, a new study reports. Continue reading →

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{FD} Monster-black-hole jets may finally explain 3 superfast cosmic particles

Supermassive black holes may provide the key to understanding some of the most energetic particles in the universe. Continue reading →

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{FD} What makes Jupiter’s Great Spot red? It’s still a mystery

Jupiter's Great Red Spot has swirled for hundreds of years, but the source of its distinctive color remains a mystery. Continue reading →

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{FD} Proposed exomoon defies formation theories

Last summer, scientists announced that they had found what could be the first moon to be spotted outside of the solar system. Continue reading →

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{FD} The universe’s first stars may reveal a big clue about dark matter

A big clue about the nature of mysterious dark matter may have been discovered. Continue reading →

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{FD} Water on dwarf planet Ceres is driving an active surface

Growing patches of ice and minerals associated with liquid water reveal that the dwarf planet Ceres is still evolving. Continue reading →

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{FD} Alien atmospheres cooked up in lab may aid exoplanet search

While telescopes in space can scan the sky without interference from Earth's clouds, they still run into problems from hazes on other planets. Continue reading →

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{FD} Giant impact may have created Mars’ moons

Mars may have gained its two tiny moons after an asteroid-size object slammed into the surface of the Red Planet. Continue reading →

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{FD} Rubber-Ducky comets may have taken a violent beating

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko may have survived multiple impacts on the way to forming its peanut shape. Continue reading →

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{FD} NASA satellite falls to Earth after 2 decades in space

On April 30, after more than 20 years in space, NASA's Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer ( RXTE ) satellite re-entered and burned up in Earth's atmosphere. Continue reading →

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{FD} Black hole traffic accidents may produce monster mergers

New research reveals that some black hole collisions may cascade, with the dense objects crashing into one another to create even more-massive black holes. Continue reading →

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{FD} No need for Planet Nine? Small objects’ gravity could explain weird orbits

DENVER — Small but rowdy space rocks pushing and jostling one another may have created the unusual orbits some astronomers cite as the signature of the hypothesized " Planet Nine," a new study...

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{FD} Rarely seen middleweight black hole gobbles star

An elusive type of black hole has been spotted as it shreds and consumes a nearby star. Continue reading →

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