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Remember that cigar-shaped interstellar asteroid? It's not an asteroid. Or cigar-shaped

A new study says our solar system's first known interstellar visitor is likely a remnant of a Pluto-like world and shaped like a cookie.

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3/21/21

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Harvard Researchers Find Evidence for Supermassive Black Hole Movement | News | The Harvard Crimson

Harvard researchers have found evidence that supermassive black holes move, according to a study published in The Astrophysical Journal last week.

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3/21/21

Harvard Researchers Find Evidence for Supermassive Black Hole Movement

Black Holes Matter?

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3/21/21

Not funny!

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4/13/21

This is so messed up! Bloody Elon Musk!

A photo of stars with streaks from satellites.

Daniel Lopez had his photograph of a comet photobombed by Starlink satellites.

'Like a string of fairy lights': What were these lights in the sky?

This string of lights amazed some people as it streaked across the sky in eastern Australia, but astronomers are getting pretty tired of them.

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4/27/21

'A hellish world': Astronomers have discovered a new planet but you won't want to visit

Queensland astronomers have discovered a new planet, but it offers a welcome far too warm for any human visitors.

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5/6/21

When to see one of the best meteor showers of the year

If you can brave the early hours of the morning from Thursday onwards, you may catch one of the year's most spectacular meteor showers.

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5/6/21

This is more "Emergency News From The Cosmos"...

An out-of-control rocket is rapidly falling towards Earth - and we don't know where it'll hit

Space agencies are tracking the path of an out-of-control rocket as it hurtles towards Earth. Here's what we do - and don't - know about this piece of space junk.

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5/7/21

US military not planning to shoot down Chinese rocket that is barreling towards Earth

Weighing around 22.5 tonnes, the rocket is one of the most massive pieces of space junk to make an uncontrolled re-entry into the atmosphere - and it's expected to hit this weekend.