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    Monster Stars Roamed the Cosmos at the Dawn of Time

    “A bit like dinosaurs on Earth—they were enormous and primitive”

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    Cosmic Collision Caught on Camera

    Astronomers witnessed the aftermath of not one but two collisions in space

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    Titan May Not Host a Massive Ocean After All

    But the moon’s slushy interior could still harbor pockets of life-sustaining water

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    How Earth’s Atmosphere Reached the Moon

    And what this might mean for colonizing other worlds

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    Astronomers Observe Spacetime Whirlpool for the First Time

    This theoretical phenomenon was discovered after being predicted by Einstein more than a century ago

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    Fearsome Marine Predators Prowled Ancient Rivers, Too

    Mosasaur teeth discovered in North Dakota tell a surprising story

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    Was the Earth Created by a Supernova Shockwave?

    New model suggests cosmic rays from a supernova led to the formation of our planet

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    Hobbits May Have Been Victims of Climate Change

    New research offers clues into the mysterious disappearance of these tiny hominins

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    This Black Hole Blasts Cosmic Wind at 130 Million Miles Per Hour

    A staggering glimpse into our beautiful, violent universe

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    You Don’t Need a Big Brain to Fly

    New research into the ancestors of pterosaurs reveals surprising clues to the evolution of flight