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Medusa Nebula foreshadows our sun’s fate
Here's the most detailed image yet of the Medusa Nebula. The image foreshadows the final fate of our sun, which will eventually become an object of this kind.
May 26, 2015
Most dramatic music video ever
Recorded live by the doom metal band Hamferð during the March 20, 2015 total eclipse of the sun above the village of Kvívík in the Faroe Islands.
May 25, 2015
Most luminous galaxy in the universe
This galaxy is very distant. It shines with a luminosity of some 300 trillion suns. It's one of a new class of objects discovered via NASA's WISE mission.
May 21, 2015
SpaceX Dragon is back on Earth
SpaceX confirmed splashdown of Dragon in Pacific Ocean at 12:42 pm ET (1642 UTC), 155 miles SW of Long Beach, California.
May 21, 2015
LightSail launch success!
Sailing on sunbeams. LightSail successfully launched May 20 at 11:05am EDT (1505 UTC). Info on how to follow from here, below.
May 20, 2015
A balancing rock on Rosetta’s comet?
In close-up images via the orbiting Rosetta spacecraft, the rock looks poised like a ballerina, with only a tiny fraction of its surface touching the ground.
May 19, 2015
Jupiter and Venus draw closer!
The sky's two brightest planets are getting ready for a spectacular conjunction in late June and early July. Start watching them now! Charts and info here.
May 19, 2015
Video: First marathon on Mars
On Earth, a fast runner takes a few hours to complete a marathon. On Mars, it took the Opportunity rover 11 years. New short video on Opportunity's marathon trek.
May 18, 2015
Sea salt on Jupiter’s moon Europa
Europa is thought to have a subsurface ocean. Salt from this hidden sea might be emerging in long fractures visible in the moon's crust.
May 18, 2015
Four quasars in a row
Astronomers at Keck Observatory in Hawaii have found a quartet of quasars, embedded in a giant nebula of cool, dense gas. The odds of four of them being so closely packed purely by chance is about 1 in 10 million.
May 17, 2015
