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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
Astronomers find dozens of runaway stars
As water piles up before a ship, so material stacks up ahead of high-mass stars moving fast through space. These cosmic bows shocks revealed the runaway stars.
January 6, 2016
Ancient life in globular star clusters?
Astronomers have said globular clusters might not foster planets, and only one such planet is known. Here are new arguments on why they might exist, after all.
January 6, 2016
Andromeda galaxy in high-energy X-rays
A space mission turned its X-ray vision on the Andromeda galaxy and spotted 40 X-ray binaries, exotic objects thought to play a role in our universe's evolution.
January 5, 2016
Quarter moon, Earth perihelion, neap tide
The last quarter moon combined with Earth at perihelion should usher in a gentle neap tide, with little variation between high and low tide over the next few days.
January 2, 2016
After 8 years, Dawn probe brings Ceres into closest focus
Dawn spacecraft now in its closest orbit of dwarf world Ceres. Mission Director Marc Rayman explains how the mission will help unlock our solar system's secrets.
January 1, 2016
Curiosity’s 10 best images of Mars in 2015
As of December, 2015, Curiosity has acquired over 292,000 images from Mars' surface. Here are our picks for the top 10 images by the rover in 2015.
December 30, 2015
