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Amateur astronomer captures a supernova’s 1st light
Supernovae - exploding stars - are unpredictable. But an amateur astronomer in Argentina happened to catch one just as it began to explode. "It's like winning the cosmic lottery," one astronomer said.
February 21, 2018
Juno’s look at Jupiter’s swirling clouds
See swirling cloud formations in the northern area of Jupiter's north temperate belt in this new view taken by NASA’s Juno spacecraft.
February 21, 2018
Hubble sees Neptune’s dark storm die
In the 1980s, Voyager 2 discovered a dark storm in Neptune's dense atmosphere, and now the Hubble Space Telescope is tracking Neptune's storms. More in this NASA video.
February 18, 2018
ALMA telescope spies a supermassive black hole’s spinning disk
For decades, astronomers have been talking about of galaxies with supermassive black holes at their cores. Now they say they've clearly confirmed a black hole's encircling, dusty, spinning disk of gas.
February 17, 2018
Interstellar asteroid’s tumble suggests a violent past
The 1st known interstellar asteroid - 'Oumuamua - is tumbling chaotically. A new study suggests its tumble resulted from a violent collision.
February 14, 2018
Watch ISS spacewalk Thursday
2 International Space Station (ISS) astronauts will perform a spacewalk on February 15. Live TV coverage starts at 10:30 UTC (5:30 a.m. EST). The spacewalk begins at 12:10 UTC (7:10 a.m. EST) and lasts about 6 hours.
February 13, 2018
Moon’s bulge reveals its slow retreat from Earth
As the young moon receded from Earth and began spinning more slowly, its large equatorial bulge would have shrunk, cooled and hardened. Today, this fossil bulge on the moon tells a story about the early solar system.
February 13, 2018
Spacecraft snaps new farthest-from-Earth images
Voyager 1 captured its famous Pale Blue Dot image at a record distance in 1990. It took 27 years to beat that record, but now New Horizons has.
February 12, 2018
Astronomers discover 1st possible exoplanets in another galaxy
“We are able to study them, unveil their presence and even have an idea of their masses. This is very cool science.”
February 11, 2018
Where is Elon Musk’s car going?
It was meant to go into an orbit that would take it past Mars, but where's it going really? Plus, see outer space from the vantage point of Starman, the mannequin in Elon Musk's red Tesla Roadster, and much more.
February 10, 2018
