A team of researchers with members from Italy, the U.S. and Belgium has discovered that two of Jupiter's moons cause "footprints" in the planet's aurorae. In their paper published in the journal Science, the researchers describe ...
Once every month, on average, somewhere on Earth a fireball appears out of nowhere and for mere seconds, casts a blinding flash across the sky before it blows up in a thunderous explosion. It happened last Saturday over southern ...
Space Exploration
Jun 7, 2018
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For people like me, light years, the expanding universe and the Big Bang are part of daily language.
Astronomy
May 22, 2018
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Now is a great time to see Jupiter in the night sky, as the planet reaches opposition on Wednesday, May 9.
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May 8, 2018
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I grew up on a small island off the West Coast of Canada, with the darkest skies you could hope for. Although I live in a small town now, with some light pollution, I can still see the Milky Way from my backyard.
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Apr 11, 2018
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If you gazed at the night sky over the past few weeks, it is possible that you stumbled upon a very bright star near the Orion constellation. This is Sirius, the brightest star of the entire night sky, which is visible from ...
Astronomy
Jan 30, 2018
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Something wonderful happened about 13.8 billion years ago. Everything in the universe was created in an instant as an infinitesimally small point of energy: the Big Bang. We know that this event happened, as the universe ...
Astronomy
Jan 25, 2018
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Look into the night sky at the right time and you might see what amounts to a giant disco ball shimmering and glinting back.
Space Exploration
Jan 24, 2018
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We are bathed in starlight. During the day we see the Sun, light reflected off the surface of the Earth and blue sunlight scattered by the air. At night we see the stars, as well as sunlight reflected off the Moon and the ...
Astronomy
Jan 22, 2018
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Four stars in the night sky have been formally recognised by their Australian Aboriginal names.
Astronomy
Jan 15, 2018
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