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Jan 06

Hubble’s new high-definition pic shows Pillars of Creation fading away and stars being born

By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy

In 1995, the Hubble Telescope snapped a stunning photo in the Eagle Nebula, 6,500 light years from Earth. The photo revealed three gigantic columns of cold gas, illuminated by the ultraviolet light from nearby young stars. The Pillars of Creation…

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Nov 25

How seeing a black hole’s shadow will tell us if Einstein was right

By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy

Black holes are some of the most exotic objects in our universe. But how do you see something that, by definition, you can't see? The answer will take a telescope the size of the Earth.

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Nov 08

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ALMA telescope spots birth of a planet in ‘milestone’ discovery

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Using the ALMA radio telescope in Chile, astronomers were able to capture the formation of a new planet, and scientists are observing it happen more clearly than ever before. Hari Sreenivasan reports.

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Oct 17

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Tracking killer comets before they strike

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It's only a matter of time before a big comet or asteroid is on a collision course with Earth. Will scientists discover it, and be able to do something about it, ahead of time? Science correspondent Miles O'Brien talks to…

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Sep 10

This telescope is so extreme, the weak of heart need not apply

By Joshua Barajas and Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy

Deadly altitudes, breathtaking skies, treacherous roads, wild donkeys -- it's all part of working on the most sophisticated telescope in the world.

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Aug 07

The $2 trillion economic risk you haven’t heard about

By Donald Goldsmith

Beyond Earth's atmosphere lurks a threat that could knock out our electrical grid and cause catastrophic structural, not to mention economic, damage. The risk within the next decade is about as great as that of another earthquake shaking California. So…

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Jul 26

Solar ‘superstorm’ missed Earth in 2012 — but another could strike

By Xander Landen

Two years ago, the worst solar storm in almost two centuries tore through Earth's orbit. Luckily, the storm's path just missed Earth.

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Jun 03

Harsh space winds diminish hopes for life on red-dwarf planets

By Talia Mindich

Space winds in the habitable zones of the most common star in the galaxy may be too severe to harbor life, a new study finds.

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May 07

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Simulating 13 billion years of the universe

By Ellen Rolfes

A team at MIT has created a simulation that traces the evolution of dark matter, dark energy gas and dust, as well as stars, galaxies and black holes -- beginning around 12 million years after the Big Bang.

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Apr 17

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Kepler telescope spots a planet that seems a lot like home

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NASA scientists say the Kepler space telescope may have discovered the most “Earth-like” planet yet. Circling a star about 500 light-years away, planet Kepler 186-F may be the right temperature to allow liquid water to flow on its surface. Hari…

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