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  • ESO telescopes record the final moments of a star being consumed by a black hole

    Telescopes at the European Southern Observatory and other organizations worldwide have spied a rare blast of light originating from a star as it was being ripped apart by a supermassive black hole.

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  • Asteroid 2020 SW Flew Safely Past Earth Today

    A small near-Earth asteroid designated 2020 SW made its closest approach to Earth today at 7:12 a.m. EDT (4:12 a.m. PDT) at a distance of about 22,000 km (13,000 miles).

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  • World’s oldest Neanderthal art released as 3D file for free

    Back about 51,000 years ago, a Neanderthal decided they would express their artistic soul to work on a piece of deer bone. This individual resided in what’s now known as Northern Germany’s Harz Mountains. Not only did this ancient artist have the capacity to carve a pattern into bone, they knew enough about the physical properties of the bone to use hot water to make its surface soft enough to carve.

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  • Massive coral reef ‘tower’ found off coast of Australia

    A towering, blade-like column of coral has been discovered in the Great Barrier Reef, marking the first time in more than 100 years that a new, distinct structure has been found in the area near Australia.

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  • Forget Mysterious Monolith, UFO Spotted Heading Toward Stonehenge

    The mysterious sighting has made several people believe that aliens are visiting structures like Stonehenge

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  • Chandra Spots High-Velocity Knots of Stellar Debris in Kepler’s Supernova Remnant

    New images from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory show small knots of metal-rich debris in the remnant of Kepler’s supernova, also known as SN 1604, are moving up to 37 million km per hour (23 million mph). These are extremely high speeds for an explosion that happened over 400 years ago as seen from Earth.

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