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Giant radiation bubbles created by monster black hole feeding frenzy, new study suggests

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Giant radiation bubbles created by monster black hole feeding frenzy, new study suggests

Space.com March 9, 2022

Two giant bubbles of gamma rays and X-rays that erupted from the center of the Milky Way...

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Meteor streaks through Jupiter’s atmosphere as NASA spacecraft watches

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Meteor streaks through Jupiter’s atmosphere as NASA spacecraft watches

Space.com March 9, 2022

When a rogue meteor careened through the atmosphere of Jupiter last year, it caught the attention of...

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An Earthlike planet may be orbiting in a dead star’s ‘habitable zone’

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An Earthlike planet may be orbiting in a dead star’s ‘habitable zone’

Space.com March 9, 2022

Planetary debris, including some objects the size of moons, may hint at a rocky exoplanet within the...

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Pristine asteroid Ryugu contains amino acids that are building blocks of life

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Pristine asteroid Ryugu contains amino acids that are building blocks of life

Space.com March 9, 2022

Samples from asteroid Ryugu are the most pristine pieces of our solar system ever studied and contain...

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Around a monster black hole, smaller black holes collide in strange ways

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Around a monster black hole, smaller black holes collide in strange ways

Space.com March 9, 2022

Take three black holes and throw them into the disk surrounding a supermassive black hole and things...

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Huge asteroid slammed into Greenland just a few million years after the dinosaurs died out

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Huge asteroid slammed into Greenland just a few million years after the dinosaurs died out

Space.com March 9, 2022

Hidden under Greenland’s thick ice sheet, scientists found what they thought was the scar of an asteroid...

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There’s a big rock stuck inside one of Perseverance’s wheels

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There’s a big rock stuck inside one of Perseverance’s wheels

Phys.org March 9, 2022

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech It looks like the Perseverance rover has an unwanted passenger, a rock stuck inside one...

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NASA’s NICER telescope sees hot spots merge on a magnetar

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NASA’s NICER telescope sees hot spots merge on a magnetar

Phys.org March 8, 2022

Scientists think SGR 1830’s hot spots likely resembled the bases of coronal loops frequently seen on the...

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Massive bubbles at center of Milky Way caused by supermassive black hole

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Massive bubbles at center of Milky Way caused by supermassive black hole

Phys.org March 8, 2022

The NASA visualization team created a superposition of an image of the Milky Way, taken by the...

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The ultimate case for living on Venus

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The ultimate case for living on Venus

Mashable March 8, 2022

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