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Astronomers Use Galactic Magnifying Lens to Probe Elusive Dark Energy

An international team of astronomers using gravitational lensing observations from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken an important step forward in the quest to solve the riddle of dark energy, a phenomenon which mysteriously appears to power the Universe’s … Continue reading

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Asteroid Found in Gravitational ‘Dead Zone’ Near Neptune

There are places in space where the gravitational tug between a planet and the Sun balance out, allowing other smaller bodies to remain stable. These places are called Lagrangian points. So-called Trojan asteroids have been found in some of these … Continue reading

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Asteroid Might Collide With the Earth in 2182

The potentially hazardous asteroid ‘(101955) 1999 RQ36’ has a one-in-a-thousand chance of impacting the Earth, and more than half of this probability indicates that this could happen in the year 2182, based on a global study in which Spanish researchers … Continue reading

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NASA Spacecraft Camera Yields Most Accurate Mars Map

A camera aboard NASA’s Mars Odyssey spacecraft has helped develop the most accurate global Martian map ever. Researchers and the public can access the map via several websites and explore and survey the entire surface of the Red Planet.The map … Continue reading

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