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Astronomers finally photographed the faint companion star hiding inside Betelgeuse’s glare after a century of searching

Hubble data caught a dwarf galaxy crashing into the infant Milky Way far earlier than anyone had traced

Three NASA telescopes stacked their views to reveal two extra spiral arms glowing around galaxy NGC 4258

The dwarf planet Eris is so cold that its thin atmosphere freezes and falls to the ground as frost

A secretary bird kills venomous snakes by stomping with five times its own body weight

The archerfish downs insects by spitting a precise jet of water from below the surface

The Terracotta Army buried 8,000 unique clay soldiers to guard China’s first emperor forever

55 Cancri e may be a scorched world coated in oceans of molten lava

8 NASA spacecraft still exploring the solar system right now

Ball lightning can drift through a closed window, and physicists still can’t fully explain it

The Great Blue Hole off Belize plunges 400 feet into a drowned Ice Age cave

9 of the most venomous animals on Earth

A Komodo dragon’s bite delivers venom that keeps its prey’s blood from clotting

A platypus hunts with electric sensors in its bill, and the males carry venom in their heels

A lyrebird can flawlessly mimic chainsaws, camera shutters and a dozen other birds

An electric eel can slam prey with 860 volts, enough to knock a grown adult off their feet

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