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A newly discovered celestial object may be a starless cloud that could change how astronomers understand dark matter.

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Somewhere between the stars, far from any sun, a planet is moving quietly through space. There is no orbit to trace and no ...

For years, the Moon has sat quietly in the background of space news, always present but rarely urgent. That has begun to ...

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Installation view of Will Clift’s exhibition, “Still Points, Turning World,” at Gerald Peters Contemporary in Santa Fe.

Elisabeth Oliver's "Overtaken" is challenging modern-day social expectations in the world of race car driving.