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January 5, 2018

Supersize stars may be more common than previously thought

Heavyweight stars up to hundreds of times the mass of the sun may be more abundant than previously thought, a new study finds.

January 4, 2018

No alien megastructure: Star's weird dimming likely caused by dust

Well, we always knew the alien-megastructure idea was a long shot.

January 4, 2018

New image reveals enormous bubbles across red giant star's surface

Astronomers spotted giant bubbles on the surface of a huge red-giant star, showing for the first time the convective cells that move heat around in these enormous objects.

January 4, 2018

Asteroid-bound spacecraft snaps color pic of Earth and Moon

About halfway through its two-year trek to the asteroid Bennu, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft took some stunning images of Earth and the moon as it whizzed past its home planet last fall.

January 4, 2018

Bomb cyclone: See NASA's incredible 'temperature anomaly' pictures of US deep freeze

NASA's Earth Observatory has provided stunning images of the "temperature anomaly" in the U.S., as much of the country faces the grip of a winter storm dubbed the "bomb cyclone."

January 3, 2018

Rogue Chinese space station expected to hurtle toward Earth in 2018, researchers say

The new year could bring a major scare: the expected crash of an 18,740-pound Chinese space station headed toward Planet Earth.

January 3, 2018

Astronauts identify mystery microbes in space for the 1st time

NASA astronauts successfully sequenced the DNA of microbes found aboard the International Space Station, marking the first time unknown organisms were sequenced and identified entirely in space.

January 3, 2018

No one has set eyes on this in 150 years, and it's coming this month

Look up at the sky on Jan. 31 and you may witness a sight unseen for 150 years.

January 2, 2018

Fighter pilot chases UFO, urges world leaders to take the threat of aliens seriously

An American pilot who claims to have chased an alien aircraft has warned world leaders to take UFO sightings seriously.

January 2, 2018

China's next big space mission: the far side of the moon

This year, China plans to boldly go where no superpower has previously been before — the far side of the moon.