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NASA spacecraft touches asteroid Bennu for rare rubble grab

NASA descends a spacecraft on the surface of an asteroid 200 million miles from Earth to grab a handful of rubble believed to contain the building blocks of our solar system.

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Water spotted hiding in broad daylight on the Moon

Scientists have long suspected that large amounts of frozen water lurk on the Moon in deep, polar craters that never see the Sun - but they've now detected water molecules in a pockmarked, sunlit region near its south pole.

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10/27/20

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What we might be able to do with the newly discovered water on the Moon

We've answered five quick questions about how excited we should be about the discovery of water on the Moon and what happens next.

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11/20/20

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Astronomers discover new 'fossil galaxy' buried deep within the Milky Way

Scientists working with data from the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys' Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE) have discovered a "fossil galaxy" hidden in the depths of our own Milky Way.

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11/21/20

Extraordinary!

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11/22/20

Eye candy!

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We're About to Witness a Super-Rare Planetary Alignment Not Seen in 800 Years

Star-gazers are in for a treat over Christmas, as Jupiter and Saturn will get closer to each other in Earth's night sky than they have been for nearly 800 years. Set up your telescope, hope for a clear night, and get ready.

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11/24/20

Fox News

9th planet discovered? Researchers find evidence of 'lost planet' in the solar system

Though researchers continue to hunt for the mysterious Planet 9, experts have discovered evidence that another planet, residing between Uranus and Saturn, "escaped" billions of years ago.

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12/1/20

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Astronomers Just Mapped 1 Million Previously Unknown Galaxies, And You Can Take a Tour

Astronomers have mapped about a million previously undiscovered galaxies beyond the Milky Way, in the most detailed survey of the southern sky ever carried out using radio waves.