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Betelgeuse is haunted by a cosmic poltergeist tormenting the doomed star's atmosphere
"This companion is orbiting so close to the star that it actually passes through its extended atmosphere."
Space.com · 4 hours ago
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Ghostly Cat's Head Nebula haunts the cosmos | Space photo of the day for Oct. 30, 2026
Can you see the "cat's head" in this nebula?
Space.com · 1 day ago
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Think Halloween is scary? This scorched alien world is a real-life cosmic horror story
On the plus side, its year only lasts 11 hours!
Space.com · 1 day ago
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Cosmic graveyard of zombie planets offers a grisly warning about our own solar system's fate
"Sometimes dead is better."
Space.com · 2 days ago
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Our climate models have a big, dangerous blind spot
A powerful feedback loop could drive more warming than predicted.
MIT Technology Review · 2 days ago
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Satellites watch an escaping Antarctic iceberg | Space photo of the day for Oct. 28, 2026
This iceberg is on the run.
Space.com · 3 days ago
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Astronomers found a mysterious object beyond Neptune, and it could be a new dwarf planet
“My first reaction was one of excited disbelief."
Space.com · 3 days ago
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Black holes can split in two — but only if they spin at extreme speeds
"The two resulting black holes must also be able to separate rather than immediately fall back together."
Space.com · 3 days ago
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Global warming may have prevented a return to the ice age 2,000 years ago
Earth’s persistently frozen poles mean the last ice age never really came to an end. What we think of as the mammoth-rom…
New Atlas · 3 days ago
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Astronomers discover the secrets of 'string of pearls' supernova relic and the zombie star at its heart
"The planetary region of our solar system could fit in each knot about ten times with room to spare."
Space.com · 4 days ago
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What causes mysterious long delayed radio echoes in Earth's atmosphere?
The exact cause of this unusual phenomenon remains unknown.
Space.com · 4 days ago
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Glowing 'cauldron' of new stars | Space photo of the day for Oct. 26, 2026
The James Webb Space Telescope captured a spectacular star-forming region glowing 161,000 light-years from Earth in a sa…
Space.com · 5 days ago