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There are two leading explanations for dark matter, massive particles that don't interact with regular matter apart from gravity and…
Astronomers have found a bizarre binary star system where a neutron star orbits with another star. Its companion used to…
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Two stars are in the process of merging, but they will become black holes before they do.
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We don't have to worry too much about our Sun. It can burn our skin, and it can emit potent…
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