The SETI Institute and French startup Unistellar announced a partnership today to commercialize a new telescope that promises to deliver an unparalleled view of the cosmos to amateur astronomers, and provide the opportunity ...
Space Exploration
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Some astronomical objects have endearing or quirky nicknames, inspired by mythology or their own appearance. Take, for example, the constellation of Orion (The Hunter), the Sombrero Galaxy, the Horsehead Nebula, or even the ...
Astronomy
Mar 31, 2017
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NASA, Space.com, Sky & Telescope magazine, observatories everywhere—just about any entity with a stake in the night sky—have been busy telling us how great the full moon will be Nov. 14 because the satellite will be closer ...
Space Exploration
Nov 10, 2016
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At this point, I think the astronomy textbook publishers should just give up. They'd like to tell you how many planets there are in the solar system, they really would. But astronomers just can't stop discovering new worlds, ...
Space Exploration
Apr 25, 2016
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In 2012, a tiny flash of light was detected deep beneath the Antarctic ice. A burst of neutrinos was responsible, and the flash of light was their calling card.
General Physics
Apr 22, 2016
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Astronomers have discovered a mysterious dwarf planet that is three times farther away than Pluto and believed to be the most distant object in our solar system.
Astronomy
Nov 11, 2015
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The vast Kuiper Belt, which orbits at the outer edge of our solar system, has been the site of many exciting discoveries in the past decade or so. Otherwise known as the Trans-Neptunian region, small bodies have been discovered ...
Space Exploration
Aug 28, 2015
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When you look up on a clear night and see stars, what are you really looking at? A twinkling pinprick of light with a hint of colour?
Astronomy
Jul 17, 2015
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Look west in twilight this Friday and Saturday (February 20th and 21st), and an unusual astronomical sight will await you.
Space Exploration
Feb 18, 2015
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Names of astronomical objects are often ambiguous, especially when the historical designation of a certain class of celestial body preceded their physical understanding and was based on their appearance in the sky.
Astronomy
Feb 2, 2015
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