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Explore The Southern Sky with SkyMapper
A new telescope called the SkyMapper has charted stars and galaxies across the southern sky, producing a map called "the best ever created."
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Scientists have applied a brand of artificial intelligence to data from the exoplanet-hunting Kepler satellite, resulting in the discovery of the first eight-planet system outside our own.
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Official Names Approved for 86 More Stars
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