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Cool preview of Pluto craft’s next target
On June 3, July 10 and July 17, astronomers will be watching as tiny MU69 in the outer solar system - the New Horizons spacecraft's next target - occults or blocks the light from 3 different stars.
June 3, 2017
Your immune system in space
New video from NASA about studies looking at the effects of space travel on the human body's immune system.
June 3, 2017
LIGO’s 3rd gravitational wave detection
Albert Einstein hypothesized these ripples in the fabric of space-time a century ago. Now scientists have detected them for the 3rd time, from distant black hole collisions.
June 2, 2017
Juno at Jupiter: 1st science results
An update on the science coming out of the Juno spacecraft mission to the gas giant planet Jupiter - largest planet in our solar system - and some spectacular recent images.
May 30, 2017
Biggest 3D map of the universe yet
Astronomers from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey used the most luminous objects in the universe - quasars - to create their new 3D map of space.
May 30, 2017
Full-sphere, 360-degree ISS transit
Super cool, interactive image of a transit across the sky of the International Space Station, via Project Nightflight of Austria.
May 30, 2017
Two big asteroids to pass safely
Radar astronomers are peering toward asteroid 2017 CS, closest on May 29. Another asteroid - 418094 (2007 WV4) - will be closest June 1. Charts here for Saturday night, for 8-inch or larger 'scopes!
May 27, 2017
Mystery light shines near Cygnus A core
When astronomers aimed the Very Large Array at the well-studied galaxy Cygnus A, they were surprised to find a bright new object near the galaxy’s core. Supernova explosion, or a second supermassive black hole?
May 24, 2017
Brown dwarf launches a vast jet
For the first time, astronomers have found a spectacularly long jet - nearly a light-year long - from a brown dwarf.
May 22, 2017
Does our sun have a name?
You've probably heard star names, such as Polaris or Betelgeuse. But what about our star? Does the sun have a name, and if so what is it?
May 22, 2017
