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Let's say the worst happened and you've been sucked into a black hole as your body was torn apart. So, what happens to you next?
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Scientists and engineers are slowly but steadily preparing to protect us from an incoming comet or asteroid despite the media's coverage of their efforts as anything but organized.
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The debate over whether Pluto is a planet, much less what constitutes a planet, is still raging in the scientific community.
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Pluto may be a dwarf planet whose official status is in flux. But that doesn't mean it's not a very special place...
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We knew cosmic rays were a danger to astronauts' bodies, but it turns out they're hazardous to their minds as well.
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Black holes are such complex entities that just being trapped in one's gravity creates a cascade of paradoxes...
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No, fast radio bursts, or FRBs, aren't microwave noodles of impatient astronomers. They're a very real phenomenon the media just can't seem to get right.
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If you've heard about the Cold Spot, you may have read that it's caused by a strangely low density of galaxies in that area of the universe. But the truth is much, much weirder...
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It turns out that one of the best ways to learn about dark matter is to turn out the lights, lean back, and closely watch a little gravitational galaxy on galaxy action.