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Four stunning close-ups of Ceres
Dawn spacecraft now in its lowest planned orbit above dwarf planet Ceres. These late December images are from just 240 miles (385 km) above Ceres' surface.
January 13, 2016
Milky Way age map shows growth rings
The first-ever complete age map of the Milky Way shows that our galaxy grew from the inside out.
January 12, 2016
Seeing black holes in visible light
For the first time, flickering light was seen around a nearby black hole in outburst. It was bright enough to be seen in small telescopes.
January 12, 2016
EarthSky News with Deborah Byrd
All the news you can fit into outer space LIVE on Slooh.com Mondays and Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. ET (1530 UTC). Or watch right here!
January 11, 2016
Most distant massive galaxy cluster
Astronomers have detected a massive, churning galaxy cluster - with potentially thousands of individual galaxies - in the early universe.
January 11, 2016
SpaceX to try again for sea landing
SpaceX has been trying, but not succeeding, to land its Falcon 9 rocket upright at sea. Then, last month it succeeded on land. Soon, another sea-going attempt!
January 10, 2016
EarthSky News with Deborah Byrd
All the news you can fit into outer space LIVE on Slooh.com Mondays and Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. ET (1530 UTC). Or watch right here!
January 7, 2016
A black hole’s double belch
At 26 million light-years from Earth, NGC 5195 has one of the nearest supermassive black holes to Earth that's currently undergoing such violent outbursts.
January 7, 2016
Kepler is back! 100 new planets
Astronomers meeting in Florida this week announced the 2015 results in the planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft's second-chance mission, dubbed K2.
January 7, 2016
