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December 11, 2017

NASA to make major announcement Thursday, will reveal new Kepler discovery

NASA has announced it will make an announcement surrounding a new discovery from its Kepler mission, a space telescope used to find exoplanets.

December 8, 2017

Early Earth took a heavy beating after the Moon was formed

Earth may have been bruised by the impact of more than one moon-size object early in its life.

December 8, 2017

Elon Musk dares the CEO of Boeing to race SpaceX to Mars

SpaceX founder Elon Musk challenged Boeing's CEO to be first to get a human to Mars. Now that is a competition with some serious stakes! Here's how the crazy Twitter drama went down.

December 7, 2017

Police dashcam captures stunning footage of fireball streaking across the sky

A police dashboard camera has captured incredible footage of a fireball streaking across the sky in New Jersey.

December 7, 2017

Warm and wet ancient Mars? Maybe not

Ancient Mars may not have been all that warm and wet after all.

December 7, 2017

Oldest monster black hole ever found is 800 million times bigger than the Sun

Astronomers have discovered the oldest supermassive black hole ever found — a behemoth that grew to 800 million times the mass of the sun when the universe was just 5 percent of its current age, a new study finds.

December 7, 2017

'Super Earth' is discovered and it has perfect conditions for aliens

Scientists have discovered a supersized version of Earth that could host life on a distant galaxy.

December 6, 2017

Boost for odds of life? Jupiter moon Europa may have plate tectonics

The case for plate tectonics on Jupiter's ocean-harboring moon Europa keeps getting stronger.

December 6, 2017

What is the best day to spot a UFO?

If you're looking to have a close encounter with the third kind, you might be best off doing it on the Fourth of July.

December 5, 2017

Supermoon 2017 in pictures

Supermoon wows sky-gazers for only time this year.