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Hubble Space Telescope Spots The Behemoth

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Hubble is in the news again with yet another incredible find in space. Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have discovered a huge cloud of hydrogen dubbed “The Behemoth” bleeding from a...

Kepler-10c is a Mega-Earth

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New data on a planet discovered by the Kepler space telescope back in 2011 has helped scientists to determine that Kepler-10c is actually a new type of planet — a huge, rocky “mega-Earth” that...