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Moon, Aldebaran, Pleiades on January 8
Pleiades star cluster - and bright star Aldebaran - are both in Taurus the Bull. If you can't see them near tonight's moon, break out the binoculars!
January 8, 2017
Mars spacecraft spies Earth and moon
A powerful telescope orbiting Mars gives us a new view of Earth and its moon, showing continent-size detail on Earth and the relative size of the moon.
January 7, 2017
NASA announces 2 new asteroid missions
NASA's new Lucy mission will tour 6 Trojan asteroids in Jupiter's orbit. The other mission will go to 16 Psyche, a metal asteroid.
January 7, 2017
Black hole bonanza in deep x-ray image
A new ultra-deep X-ray image from Chandra X-ray Observatory has given astronomers their best look yet at the growth of black holes over billions of years, starting soon after the Big Bang.
January 7, 2017
Largest, closest, highest sun
As seen from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on January 4, Earth reached its closest point to the sun just 40 minutes before the sun reached its highest daily position in Rio`s sky ...
January 7, 2017
Star predicted to explode in 2022
If and when 2 stars in this binary system merge - as predicted - they'll increase in brightness 10 thousandfold, temporarily becoming a bright star in Earth's sky.
January 6, 2017
Chickens are intelligent, caring, complex
Think chickens are clueless? Not so, says a new study. Instead, chicken intelligence is underestimated.
January 6, 2017
Bokeh effect in Orion
Notice the colors of Orion's stars in this photo that's slightly out-of-focus. Chirag Upreti wrote: "This is a 'bokeh effect,' and turns out it works really well on celestial bodies!"
January 6, 2017
Spectacular new image of Orion A
Don't miss these gorgeous images from ESO's VISTA infrared survey telescope of the Orion Molecular Cloud complex, a place in space where new stars are forming.
January 5, 2017
Watch year’s 1st spacewalk on Friday
Two ISS astronauts will perform the 1st spacewalk of 2017 on Friday, January 6. Live TV coverage starts at 5:30 a.m. EST (1030 UTC). The spacewalk begins at 7 a.m. EST (1200 UTC).
January 5, 2017
