Space has been alternately described "the final frontier," "far out," and "trippy"--all apt names for that most alien of environments, festooned with strange sights unlike any found on our own great blue world. That said, when exploring the ether through the eyes of telescopes and robots, scientists occasionally stumble upon something so mysterious that it utterly flabbergasts them. This year has been no different. Here are six recently observed space oddities:

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