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Spectacular Images Show How Our View of the Universe Has Evolved

Public Service Loan Forgiveness Can Fix Rural America’s Doctor Shortage

By The Aspen Institute

What Solar Eclipses Have Taught Us About the Universe

By Amy Shira Teitel

The Best Space Photos of 2016

By TIME Photo and Kim Bubello
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See This Magnificent Galaxy in More Detail Than Ever Before

A recently released Hubble image explores the NGC 4696 galaxy

By Kim Bubello

How Close Are We to Actually Becoming Martians?

We're closer than what many think, but a number of huddles still remain

By TIME Staff

Why Pluto Still Deserves Our Love

Pluto is a reminder that there are many worlds out there beyond our own

By Bonnie Buratti / Zocalo Public Square

One Direction Fans Don't Worry! Stephen Hawking Says Zayn Is Still with the Band

Unfortunately for the distraught masses, it's in another universe

By Helen Regan

See the 50 Best Images Taken by Hubble

After a quarter of a century on the job, the Hubble Space Telescope has returned some of the most extraordinary cosmic images ever captured

By Jeffrey Kluger

Scientists Find New Supermassive Black Hole

It's discovery appears to confound current theories about how black holes are created

By Helen Regan

Scientists Explore the Earth's Core

There may be an 'inner inner' core at the heart of the planet

By TIME Video

Why the First Comet Landing Matters

This mission may be our most informative one yet

By Arpita Aneja

Out of This World: Ron Miller's Spectacular Space Art

One of the most prolific and celebrated space artists of our time, Ron Miller, shares 33 of his own stirring, beautiful works with LIFE

By Ben Cosgrove

New Picture: The Universe as a Sulky Adolescent

An ingenious technique reveals data that's been lost for 11 billion years

By Tara Thean

Scientists Shine New Light on Dark Matter

Observations of galaxy clusters are providing clues about the most elusive substance in the universe

By Melissa Hellmann

Breathtaking Time-Lapse Video Shows Star Exploding

The eruption was so bright that for a while it was one of the most luminous stars in the Milky Way

By Francesca Trianni

The Milky Way and the Andromeda Nebula Are Going to Collide

But don't panic, it's not going to happen for quite a while

By Michelle Arrouas

Doubts Raised Over Blockbuster Big Bang Study

A major new study claimed to find direct evidence of the Big Bang and the theory of cosmic inflation. But now scientists aren't so sure

By Michael D. Lemonick

The First Earthrise

45 years ago this month, a photo from space forever changed how human beings saw the cosmos.

By Jeffrey Kluger

Mercury Poses for Its Closeup

When astronomers try to explain why everyone should be as excited as they are about a bit of space news, they tend to reach for superlatives: This is the hottest/ coldest/ biggest/ smallest/ oldest/ most...

By Michael D. Lemonick
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