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NASA is releasing stunning photos taken by the Hubble Space Telescope to celebrate its 35th anniversary. Check them out below ...

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Astronomers from MIT have uncovered a dramatic celestial spectacle: a Mercury-sized exoplanet that is rapidly disintegrating ...

The crew of an alien spacecraft entering the Solar System, maybe looking for planets bearing alien life, would be struck by ...

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