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Video: Superstar Eta Carinae
Eta Carinae is a double system containing the most luminous and massive star within 10,000 light-years.
January 19, 2015
Found! Mars orbiter locates lost 2003 Beagle lander
The Beagle 2 Lander, built by the U.K., and thought lost on Mars since 2003, has now been found in images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
January 16, 2015
See comparative sizes of ocean giants
This image shows the body size for 25 marine species, including whales, sharks, squids, and other ocean giants. Check out the little human swimmer in each row!
January 15, 2015
Astronomers find 8 new planets in Goldilocks zone
Two of the newly-discovered planets are the most similar to Earth of any known exoplanets to date.
January 7, 2015
New sharpest-ever view of Andromeda galaxy
The image has a staggering 1.5 billion pixels, so you'd need 600 HD television screens to display it. A piece of the image, and links to a zoomable version, here.
January 6, 2015
Slow spin of older stars key in the search for life
This is "gyrochronology," from Greek words gyros (rotation), chronos (time). It can help identify distant planets old enough for complex life to have evolved.
January 5, 2015
How to make an Earth
New evidence suggests that the basic ingredients for our Earth would likely go into making distant rocky exoplanets, orbiting other stars, as well.
January 5, 2015
Super-Earths may have long-lasting oceans
Planets with two to four times the mass of Earth are even better at establishing and maintaining oceans than our Earth, according to new research.
January 5, 2015
Can birds predict tornadoes?
Golden-winged warblers in Tennessee fled their breeding territories more than 24 hours before a tornado outbreak. What tipped them off?
January 5, 2015
Dawn spacecraft starts approach toward Ceres
The spacecraft will arrive at Ceres, a Texas-sized dwarf planet never before visited by a spacecraft, on March 6, 2015.
December 30, 2014
