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Could P/2010 A2 be the First Ever Observation of an Asteroid Collision?

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P/2010 A2 is an odd comet orbiting around the asteroid belt.

No, a nearby supernova won’t wipe us out

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Ultraviolet observations and new models indicate that the relatively nearby T Pyxidis could go supernova relatively soon.

Most Earthlike Exoplanet Started out as Gas Giant

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The most earthlike planet yet found around another star may be the rocky remains of a Saturn-sized gas giant.

Has Kepler Discovered a New Class of Celestial Object?

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Kepler has discovered a planet-like object that seems to be hotter than its parent star.

Monster black hole devours dead star

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The Chandra X-ray Observatory detects a black hole ripping apart a star.

The return of sunspots! Maybe!

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More sunspots appear on the Sun, a possible indication that it might finally be moving out of solar minimum.

Saturn moon mutated by red matter

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Melting and migrating water ice may be the reason for the different colors of the hemispheres of Iapetus, a moon of Saturn.

A hex on Saturn (again)!

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The Cassini spacecraft is able to observe the hexagon around Saturn's north pole in visible light.

searching for the biggest stars in the cosmos

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Supernova SN2007bi turns out to be the explosion of a massive star heavier than 150 suns that blew up and left nothing behind.

The reason for the Titanian season

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There may be many more lakes around Titan's north pole than the south pole because of Titan's seasons and the moon's elliptic orbit around Saturn.

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