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  2. Goddard Space Flight Center - Wikipedia

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    Beyond the COBE mission, Goddard studies how the universe formed, what it is made of, how its components interact, and how it evolves. The center also contributes to research seeking to understand how stars and planetary systems form and evolve and studies the nature of the Sun's interaction with its surroundings.

  3. Ultimate fate of the universe - Wikipedia

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    The universe could then consist of an infinite sequence of finite universes, with each finite universe ending with a Big Crunch that is also the Big Bang of the next universe. A problem with the cyclic universe is that it does not reconcile with the second law of thermodynamics , as entropy would build up from oscillation to oscillation and ...

  4. Universe - Wikipedia

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    The physical universe is defined as all of space and time [a] (collectively referred to as spacetime) and their contents. [10] Such contents comprise all of energy in its various forms, including electromagnetic radiation and matter, and therefore planets, moons, stars, galaxies, and the contents of intergalactic space.

  5. An asteroid could hit Earth in 2032, NASA says. Here's what ...

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    An asteroid nearly the size of a football field now has roughly a 0.28% chance of hitting Earth in about eight years, NASA says — though at one point earlier its estimate reached as high as 3.1% ...

  6. Constellation Energy - Wikipedia

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    On September 15, 2005, Constellation Energy announced a joint venture, UniStar Nuclear, with Areva to market the European Pressurized Reactor (EPR) in the United States. On December 19, 2005, FPL Group, Inc. announced the acquisition of Constellation Energy in a merger transaction valued at more than $11 billion, as well as the fact that it would adopt Constellation Energy as its name for the ...

  7. List of cities nicknamed Hub of the Universe - Wikipedia

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    The title Hub of the Universe is claimed by several North American cities: Marion, Illinois [1] [2] [3] Grayslake, Illinois; Boston, Massachusetts [4] Goldsboro, Maryland; Boswell, Indiana; Copetown, Ontario

  8. List of places referred to as the Center of the Universe

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    The spot produces an acoustical anomaly [13] and it is for which the Center of the Universe Festival and Ms. Center of the Universe Pageant are named. [ citation needed ] Albuquerque , New Mexico – a large sculpted-hallway structure with short corridors aligned to north-south, east-west, and up-down, at the main campus of the University of ...

  9. Expansion of the universe - Wikipedia

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    The expansion of the universe is the increase in distance between gravitationally unbound parts of the observable universe with time. [1] It is an intrinsic expansion, so it does not mean that the universe expands "into" anything or that space exists "outside" it.