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Video: What New Horizons might see when it reaches Pluto next July
"Because Pluto has never been visited up-close by a spacecraft from Earth, everything we see will be a first," said NASA's Adriana Ocampo.
July 15, 2014
Discern a supermoon’s large size with the eye? An observer says yes
There's a supermoon this weekend, and many will tell you that you can't discern its extra large size with just your eye. Daniel Fischer in Königswinter, Germany says that's not true.
July 12, 2014
Dark skies of Utah timelapse
You'll love this spectacular timelapse of the summer night sky over Utah.
July 11, 2014
Spiral bridge of young star clusters links colliding galaxies
This Hubble Space Telescope image shows a chain of star clusters resembling a corkscrew-shaped string of pearls winding around the cores of the galaxies.
July 10, 2014
Bright meteor over Australia on July 10 was a rocket reentry
That bright meteor over Australia - seen by many - was likely the reentry of the upper state of a Soyuz rocket, launched two days earlier. Video here.
July 10, 2014
Astronomers invite you to help name exoplanets and their stars
The IAU is inviting all of us to help name exoplanets - distant planets outside our solar system - and their stars. Cool, yes?
July 9, 2014
Why are fruit flies boarding the International Space Station?
They're about to become genetic models for astronauts, to help explore the long-term effects of space flight and deep space travel.
July 9, 2014
Supermassive black hole in galaxy blasts gas out at high speed
We live in a universe that loves extremes.
July 8, 2014
Video: How the sun can kill us all
The sun is a life-giving force. But it can also kill us in lots of different ways, points out Frasier Cain, publisher of the Universe Today website.
July 7, 2014
Trippy 360-degree timelapse panorama of night sky
Vincent Brady used a custom rig of 4 cameras with fisheye lenses to capture the night sky in motion. Way cool ...
July 7, 2014
