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Evidence of cosmic inflation expands understanding of universe’s origins

By PBS News Hour

How massive sloshing stars make fiery supernovas

By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy

Scientists believe they have finally captured what happens in the heart of a star before it explodes in a supernova. With the help of NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR), scientists mapped how shockwaves rip apart dying stars. Their…

Watch a massive asteroid pass by Earth, beginning at 9 p.m. EST

By Joshua Barajas

An asteroid the size of three football fields is expected to zip by Earth at a close, but safe distance on Monday. Traveling at 27,000 mph, the celestial object 2000 EM26 will be approximately 2 million miles from the Earth’s…

There’s a new supernova in the neighborhood

By News Desk

The astronomy world is abuzz with excitement over the birth of a new supernova in the relatively nearby galaxy known as M82.

From superstorms to sequestration, 2013 held progress and pitfalls for science

From superstorms to sequestration, 2013 held progress and pitfalls for science…

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Make a wish: Geminid meteor shower brings chance to see the dozens of shooting stars

Image by NASA If you can get away from the city lights, the Geminid meteor shower peaks late Friday night and early into Saturday morning. Weather permitting, 90 to 120 meteors per hour will be visible in the…

What’s in the box, NASA?

What's in the box? A NASA-style holiday gift: the @NASA_Orion heat shield ships today from NH to @NASAKennedy pic.twitter.com/T5DuWtjda5— NASA (@NASA) December 4, 2013…

Chinese probe will be first to land on the Moon in 37 years

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