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Scary Giant Blue Stars May Unlock Mysteries of Stellar Evolution
Virgin Orbit Shows off its "Launcher One", a Rocket Carried by an Airplane
What is the Direct Imaging Method?
A highly effective (but very difficult) method of exoplanet detection involves capturing direct images of bodies orbiting distant stars from their reflected light or heat signatures.
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How Science Journalism Helped Me Become a Better Sci-Fi Writer
My work with Universe Today has helped fashion me into a better science fiction writer and led to the publication of my first books!
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Whoa. That's the Milky Way, Bouncing off the Moon in Radio Waves
Messier 70 - the NGC 6681 Globular Cluster
Located in the "tea pot" of the Sagittarius constellation, some 29,300 light years from Earth, is the globular cluster known as Messier 70
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Astronomy Cast Ep. 503: Gravity Mapping
Blue Origin will be Landing its Rockets on a Used Cargo Ship. It'll Get Converted in Time for First Flights in 2021
Blue Origin recently received a large cargo ship, which they will retool to retrieve the first stage of their reusable New Glenn rocket.
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There's a Funny Cloud on Mars, Perched Right at the Arsia Mons Volcano. Don't Get Too Excited, Though, it's not an Eruption
This 1500km long cloud on Mars is formed by the size and shape of Arsia Mons, but it's not related to any volcanic activity in this long-dead volcano.
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Gravitational waves were only recently observed, and now astronomers are already thinking of ways to use them: like accurately measuring the expansion rate of the Universe
Has a New Dwarf Galaxy Been Found Hiding Behind Andromeda?
Thanks to the work of an amateur astronomer, an international team of scientists recently confirmed the existence of a previously-unknown dwarf galaxy behind Andromeda.
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Asteroid Phaethon breaks all the rules. It acts like a comet, it supplies particles to a meteor shower. Oh, and it's blue
A team of astronomers recently observed Phaeton, a Near-Earth Object (NEO) that behaves like both an asteroid and a comet
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Our New Book is Out! Everything You Need to Know to Become an Amateur Astronomer
Binary Stars Orbiting Each Other INSIDE a Planetary Nebula
An international team of astronomers recently observed an unexpected sight, a binary star system that is set to collide and explode in a nova inside of a nebula.
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Being Cassini. Experience What It Was Like to Fly Past Jupiter and Saturn and Their Moons
Here You Go, It's Official: Space Force. Seriously Though, Why Couldn't they have Called it Star Fleet?
Weekly Space Hangout: Oct 24, 2018 - Dr. Sabine Hossenfelder
Polar Researchers Spot Two Rectangular Icebergs
It Could be Possible to Transfer Data Through Gravitational Waves
A new study by a team of Russian scientists demonstrates how gravitational waves could be encoded to send information, in the same way that radio waves are used now.
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Gravitational Waves Might be the Key to Finding Dark Matter
