Space Scoop: Super-Sized Space Spider! (02-24-2014)
Astronomers had to combine observations made with two space telescopes to create this photo.

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A New Look at an Old Friend (02-12-2014)
This galaxy, at a distance of about 12 million light years from Earth, contains a gargantuan jet blasting away from a central supermassive black hole.

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Space Scoop: I Can See Your Halo (02-03-2014)
Light from the nearest star outside our solar system has to travel through empty black space for 4.2 years before it reaches our eyes.

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Space Scoop: A Flare for the Dramatic (01-27-2014)
Magnetars are some of the most extreme objects known in the Universe. These stars were given their name because they are very strong magnets.

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Tour of AM CVn (01-13-2014)
In the middle of the twentieth century, an unusual star was spotted in the constellation of Canes Venatici.

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