Astronomers from the BRITE (BRight Target Explorer) Constellation project and Ritter Observatory have discovered a repeating one-per-cent spike in the light of a very massive star which could change our understanding of such ...
Astronomy
Mar 8, 2017
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Across Australia, on the evening of February 11/12, the full moon will travel directly in front of the bright star Regulus. For about an hour, the star will be hidden from view as the moon passes by.
Space Exploration
Feb 9, 2017
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Anyone can dial a wrong number, but it's not often done from outer space.
Space Exploration
Dec 25, 2015
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Armagh Observatory reports that the next three weeks, from mid-October to the first week of November, will provide an interesting opportunity to observe a "dance" of the brightest planets Venus, Jupiter and Mars in the morning ...
Space Exploration
Oct 14, 2015
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What's the brightest star you can see in the sky tonight?
Astronomy
Feb 27, 2015
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Jupiter will dominate the night during January from the time it rises until dawn, soaring high across the sky in the constellation Leo the Lion about 10 degrees northwest of Leo's brightest star, Regulus.
Space Exploration
Jan 5, 2015
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Skywatchers, get ready to see a rare vanishing act—and don't blink.
Space Exploration
Mar 18, 2014
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An international team of astronomers at Stellar Astrophysics Centre in Aarhus, Denmark, have discovered a new exoplanet, christened "Kepler-410A b." The planet is about the size of Neptune and orbits the brightest star in ...
Astronomy
Jan 22, 2014
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Here's a feat of visual athletics to amaze your friends with this week. During your daily routine, you may have noticed the daytime Moon hanging against the azure blue sky. But did you know that, with careful practice and ...
Space Exploration
Dec 5, 2013
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(Phys.org) —The nearby star system Fomalhaut – of special interest for its unusual exoplanet and dusty debris disk – has been discovered to be not just a double star, as astronomers had thought, but one of the widest ...
Astronomy
Oct 3, 2013
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