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Understanding the Universe

Universe Theory Explainer: Gravitational Waves and Why Their Discovery is Such a Big Deal (Mar 2016) At Home in the Plasma Universe  (Sep 1999) Those Mysterious Cosmic Gamma Rays  (Apr 1998) Space Plasmas  (Mar 1988) The Principle of Impotence: The Limits of Our Image of the Universe  (Feb 1986) Galactic History CSI: Milky Way (Apr 2013) Planetary Theory Turns Upside Down  (May 2010) Studying How Black Holes Grow  (Mar 2010) Cosmos' Most Distant Object Found  (Dec 2009) John Mather: 'Big' Evidence Earns NASA Scientist a Nobel Prize  (Jan 2007) Planetary Wombs and Stellar Cannibals  (Nov 2000) Our Quest of the Cosmos  (Sep 1999) Robert Dicke: Reading the Cosmic Record  (Sep 1996) Planetary Impact Cratering and Man  (Feb 1988) How the Moon was Born  (Oct 1986) Stars Astronomers Discover Massive Star Factory in Early Universe (May 2013) Simulating the Death of a Star  (Jun 2010) NASA's Chandra Sees Brightest Supernova Ever  (Jan 2008) Shedding Light on Dark Energy: The Carnegie Supernova Project  (Aug 2006) Fireworks of Dying Stars  (Feb 1997) Windows to Star Birth  (Oct 1996) Exploration of the Cosmos All We Are is Dust in the Interstellar Wind (Apr 2016) After Eight Years, NASA’s Dawn Probe Brings Dwarf Planet Ceres into Closest Focus (Jan 2016) Why Comets Are Like Deep Fried Ice Cream (Mar 2015) Pulling Together the Early Solar System (Dec 2014) Planets Abound (Feb 2013) A Black Hole's Dinner is Fast Approaching (Jan 2012) Newly Merged Black Hole Eagerly Shreds Stars (May 2011) Earth-Size Planets in Habitable Zones Found (Mar 2011) Extraordinary Planetary System Identified (Mar 2011) How Much Mass Makes a Black Hole?  (Sep 2010) Hubble Finds Most Distant Primeval Galaxies  (Feb 2010) Geriatric Pulsar Still Kicking  (Apr 2009) 'Death Star' Galaxy Black Hole Fires at Neighboring Galaxy  (Jan 2008) 'Lego-Block' Galaxies Found  (Oct 2007) Hunting for Black Holes  (Oct 2006) In Search of Black Holes  (Jun 1990) Gravity Wave Sensors  (Aug 1987)