President Trump held a phone call today with Vladimir Putin that he described as “lengthy and highly productive.” He characterized the conversation — the first confirmed talks between the two leaders ...

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A potential record-breaking exoplanet system, traveling at 1.2M mph, may be the first of its kind ever identified.

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"The idea that they can somehow obliterate these sources is dead wrong — scientists in general and astronomers in particular ...

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