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Galaxies discharge metal-tinged gases into the universe

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Observatory in Chile captures highest-resolution measurements of asteroid surface temperatures 

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Previously unseen massive star formations detected

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NSF Funds Ten New PREM Seed Grants

Exoplanet discovery underway as spectrometer starts its scientific mission

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Dark Energy Survey releases the most precise look at the universe's evolution

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Machine learning accelerates cosmological simulations

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Black hole pairs found in distant merging galaxies

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Caught speeding: Clocking the fastest-spinning brown dwarfs

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From stardust to pale blue dot: Carbon's interstellar journey to Earth

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Baby stars hatch from stellar eggs near galaxy’s center

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Found in space: Complex carbon-based molecules

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How fast is the universe expanding? Galaxies provide one answer

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Scientists image magnetic fields at edge of M87's black hole

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Scientists link star-shredding event to origins of universe's highest-energy particles

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NSF begins planning for decommissioning of Arecibo Observatory’s 305-meter telescope due to safety concerns

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Astronomers detect dark matter halo around ancient dwarf galaxy

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Glimpse of a blazar in the early universe

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Inouye Solar Telescope releases its first image of a sunspot

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Sky survey reveals newborn jets in distant galaxies

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Arecibo Observatory’s 305-meter telescope suffers collapse

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National Solar Observatory predicts a large sunspot for Thanksgiving

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Birth of magnetar from colossal collision potentially spotted for first time

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ALMA shows volcanic impact on the atmosphere of Jupiter's moon Io

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Statement on the Nobel Prize in Physics 2020

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NSF selects Sean Jones to head Mathematical and Physical Sciences directorate

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Wobbling shadow of the M87* black hole

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Astronomers may have found a signature of life on Venus

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New observations of black hole devouring a star reveal rapid disk formation

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A 'bang' in LIGO and Virgo detectors signals most massive gravitational wave source yet

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