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May 2, 2016

Strange signal from space may solve one of science's greatest mysteries

A clue to one of the biggest questions in cosmology — why regular matter, rather than antimatter, survived to fill the universe — may have been found in data from a NASA space telescope.

May 2, 2016

Rare quasar quartet is the first of its kind ever seen

A giant nebula in the early universe hits the jackpot when it comes to rare, bright objects known as quasars, boasting four within surprisingly close proximity to one another.

May 2, 2016

Ocean on Saturn moon Enceladus may have potential energy source to support life

Saturn's icy moon Enceladus is looking better and better as a potential abode for alien life.

May 2, 2016

How studying Saturn moon Titan could unlock secrets of alien planets

With nearly 2,000 confirmed planets now known beyond our solar system, astronomers are attempting to identify the atmospheresof these distant bodies to determine if they could possibly host life.

May 2, 2016

Mars life search: Iron-rich rocks could be key

A robotic mission's search for life on Mars may seem worlds away from human scientists wandering around hot springs in Yellowstone National Park.

May 2, 2016

NASA unveils spectacular photo for Hubble Telescope's 25th birthday

An awe-inspiring landscape of multicolored dust and jewel-like stars has been unveiled as the official image of the 25th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope.

May 2, 2016

Newfound alien planet is one of the farthest ever detected

A NASA telescope has co-discovered one of the most distant planets ever identified: a gas giant about 13,000 light-years away from Earth.

May 2, 2016

Meteorites help date the violent birth of Earth's moon

The cataclysmic collision between Earth and a Mars-size object that forged the moon may have occurred about 4.47 billion years ago, suggests a study of meteorites with ancient fragments from that cosmic impact.

May 2, 2016

NASA releases first color image of Pluto and its moon Charon

NASA has just released the first color image ever taken of Pluto and its moon Charon. The image was taken by the Ralph color imager that is stationed aboard the New Horizon spacecraft -- the fastest ever launched -- which is on a historic mission to study Pluto up-close.

May 2, 2016

Freakish asteroid likely spun so fast it exploded

An odd asteroid rotated so fast that it blew itself apart, a new study suggests.