Space

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Could it be?

 

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Evolution of Milky Way Galaxy Revealed by Hubble Space Telescope

 

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How Bright Will Comet ISON Get? Only Time Will Tell

 

[tschu]

Ison now looking like only a 40% chance of survival after it swings around the sun

 

[The Dude]

If you click on knapplc's pictures of Saturn up there, they expand to 4 acres.

 

[tschu]

so cool

 

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Comet ISON Gets Roasted by Sun and Vanishes, But Did It Survive?

 

[Malth]

so cool

 

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Pretty cool stuff in this article.

These 5 far-out space projects are making science fiction a reality

 

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Signs of Water Found on 5 Alien Planets by Hubble Telescope

 

[The Dude]

Bizarre Star Could Host a Neutron Star in Its Core

Astronomers say that they have discovered the first example of a long-sought cosmic oddity: a bloated, dying star with a surprise in its core — an ultra-dense neutron star.

Such entities, known as Thorne-Zytkow objects, are theoretically possible but would alter scientists' understanding of how stars can be powered. Since Thorne-Zytkow objects were first proposed in 1975, researchers have occasionally offered up candidates, but none have been confirmed.

http://www.scientifi...tar-in-its-core

 

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NASA Finds Four Ancient Galaxies in Remote Universe

 

[knapplc]

Letter from Carl Sagan to a young Neil Degrasse Tyson:

 

[The Dude]

So I just put down The Demon-Haunted World to check out what's going on in the ol' internet box, and the very first thing I read is a letter written by Carl Sagan.

My life is rad.