A brightly burning meteor was seen plunging from the sky in wide areas of Japan, capturing attention on television and social media.
Space Exploration
Nov 30, 2020
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Comet C/2020 F8 (SWAN), perhaps the brightest comet we will see this year, is at its best from now until mid-June. It should be visible in from the UK in the northwestern sky after sunset, close to the horizon.
Space Exploration
May 20, 2020
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In the early hours of Monday January 20 2020, something unusual was happening in the atmosphere above the southern British Isles. Just after midnight, air pressure records for London were broken at Heathrow airport, where ...
Environment
Jan 21, 2020
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A skywatcher's doubleheader is on tap this week as a pair of meteor showers will peak on back-to-back nights.
Space Exploration
Oct 8, 2019
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Almost every person throughout the existence of humankind has looked up at the night sky and seen more than just a random scattering of light. Constellations of stars have helped us shape our own ongoing narratives and cultures—creating ...
Social Sciences
Aug 16, 2019
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NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered 21 planets outside our solar system and captured data on other interesting events occurring in the southern sky during its first year of science. TESS has ...
Astronomy
Jul 26, 2019
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Day will briefly turn to night Tuesday over large parts of Chile and Argentina as a total eclipse of the Sun plunges a vast swath of the southern Pacific and the cone of South America into darkness.
Space Exploration
Jul 2, 2019
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Wondering about that New Year's Resolution to get more exercise?
Astronomy
Jan 9, 2019
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A study published recently in Nature has revealed the presence of a hitherto undetected component of the universe—large masses of gas surrounding distant galaxies. An international team from some 10 scientific institutions ...
Astronomy
Oct 3, 2018
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Earlier this year, on a quiet Sunday night, my colleague Jack and I found the fastest-growing supermassive black hole in the known universe. We were fortunate to be part of the team that made one of the greatest discoveries ...
Astronomy
Aug 7, 2018
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