A newly discovered comet is swinging through our cosmic neighborhood for the first time in more than 400 years.
Space Exploration
Sep 7, 2023
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A ball of light streaking across the night sky in northern Europe on Saturday at a time when many imagined that Father Christmas was doing his rounds was nothing more than Soyuz rocket debris, Belgian experts say.
Space Exploration
Dec 25, 2011
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Astronomers announced the discovery of a ghostly, almost perfectly circular, arc of ultraviolet emission centered on the handle of the Big Dipper and stretching 30 degrees across the Northern sky. If the arc were extended, ...
Astronomy
Jun 3, 2020
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Every winter, thousands of tourists head north hoping to catch a glimpse of the luminous auroras dancing in the sky.
Other
May 31, 2019
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A storm from the broiling sun turned the chilly northernmost skies of Earth into an ever-changing and awe-provoking art show of northern lights on Tuesday.
Space Exploration
Jan 25, 2012
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NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered 74 exoplanets, or worlds beyond our solar system. Astronomers are sifting through some 1,200 additional exoplanet candidates, where potential new worlds await ...
Astronomy
Oct 5, 2020
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Galaxy clusters are some of the most massive structures in the cosmos, but despite being millions of lightyears across, they can still be hard to spot. Researchers at Lancaster University have turned to artificial intelligence ...
Astronomy
Jul 3, 2019
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NASA's first-ever launch from a commercial site outside of the United States blasted off from Australia's Outback late Sunday, in a "historic" moment for the country's space industry.
Space Exploration
Jun 27, 2022
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A palm-sized Japanese satellite in orbit around Earth will flash a Morse code message that will be visible around the world from next month, the mission commander said Friday.
Space Exploration
Oct 5, 2012
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Calvin College professor of astronomy Larry Molnar made a bold announcement in 2017—he and his team had identified a binary star in the constellation Cygnus, the Swan, that was a strong candidate to merge and explode in ...
Astronomy
Sep 10, 2018
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