Universe Today
Forget Betelgeuse, the Star V Sagittae Should Go Nova Within this Century
This Simulation Shows what We'll be Able to See with WFIRST
NASA has given us a taste of what the WFIRST will be able to see when it takes to space, previewing what the power of 100 Hubbles will look like.
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New Research Casts A Shadow On The Existence Of Dark Energy
Our Guide to this Friday's Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Ready for the first lunar eclipse of the year? The first eclipse season of 2020 comes to an end Friday, with a penumbral lunar eclipse. This season overlaps with 2019, when it kicked off with the Boxing Day annular solar eclipse of December 26th, 2019.
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M87's Black Hole is Firing Out Jets that Travel 99% the Speed of Light
Astronomers See the Farthest Galaxy Group Ever Found, When the Universe was Only 5% of its Current Age
Using data from multiple telescopes, an international team of astronomers has identified the most distant galaxy group to date - a find which that reveal a great deal about the early Universe.
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Hubble Captured a Photo of This Huge Spiral Galaxy, 2.5 Times Bigger than the Milky Way With 10 Times the Stars
This is the Core of the Milky Way, Seen in Infrared, Revealing Features Normally Hidden by Gas and Dust
The Moon's Magnetosphere Used to be Twice as Strong as the Earth's
A new MIT-led study has shown how the Moon once had a more powerful magnetic field than Earth and why it was lost over time.
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The Surprising Possibility That There are Still Active Volcanoes on Venus
According to new research by a team from the LPI, it appears likely that Venus could indeed have active volcanoes on its surface today.
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It's Snowing Iron Near the Earth's Core
New research by a team of geophysicists has revealed that "snow" could be a regular feature in Earth's core region.
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"Super-Puff" Exoplanets Aren't Like Anything We've Got in the Solar System
A new study by a team led from the University of Colorado, Boulder, has discovered a rare and unique class of exoplanet that has the density of cotton candy.
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Spaceflight Stories Expected for 2020
The year 2020 is expected to be an exciting one for space exploration. Here are the top stories that are expected to take place
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Top Astronomical Events for 2020
Ready for another amazing year of sky watching? Hard to believe, were already a fifth of the way into the 21st century. 2020 rounds out the final year of the second decade, promising an amazing year of skywatching to come.
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Halo Around a Pulsar could Explain Why We See Antimatter Coming from Space
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Our Guide to the December 26th Annular 'Ring of Fire' Eclipse
Black Holes Were Already Feasting Just 1.5 Billion Years After the Big Bang
Using the ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT), an international team of astronomers observed gas clouds that in the early Universe that could explain how supermassive black holes formed so quickly.
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