Recommended Astronomy DVDs, Blu-Rays and 4K UHD Blu-Rays
Updated: January 14th, 2025. Stuck for something to watch on TV of an evening? Then why not load up an astronomy or space-exploration themed DVD and…
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4-Billion-Year-Old Relic From the Early Solar System Is Headed This Way
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has determined the size of the largest icy comet nucleus ever seen by astronomers. The estimated diameter is approximately 80 miles (120…
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Hubble Space Telescope Finds the Most Distant Star Ever Seen
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has established an extraordinary new benchmark: detecting the light of a star that existed within the first billion years after the…
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The Lessons Learned From a Simulated Asteroid Strike Over Europe
In an alternate reality playing out at this year’s international Planetary Defense Conference, a fictional asteroid crashes over Europe, ‘destroying’ a region about 100 km wide near…
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Teachers: Apply Now to the ESA Teach With Space Online Conference
Register now for ESA’s first-ever virtual teacher conference! Over the course of three days, from 6 to 8 July 2021, ESA Education will bring space into…
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First Panoramic View of Mars at Perseverance Rover Landing Site
NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover got its first high-definition look around its new home in Jezero Crater on Feb. 21, after rotating its mast, or “head,” 360 degrees,…
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NASA’s Webb Telescope Will Show Us More Stars at Higher Resolution
…And Here’s What That Means for Astronomy… Early observations of stars in the local universe will pave the way for years of discovery across a range…
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Animations of NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Landing
This video depicts key events during entry, descent, and landing that will occur when NASA’s Perseverance rover lands on Mars February 18, 2021. In the span…
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NASA Is Providing Spanish-Language Coverage for the Livestream of the December 14 Solar Eclipse
NASA will provide live coverage on Monday, Dec. 14, of a solar eclipse that will pass over South America, treating parts of Chile and Argentina to…
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NASA Names Artemis Team of Astronauts Eligible for Early Moon Missions
NASA has selected 18 astronauts from its corps to form the Artemis Team and help pave the way for the next astronaut missions on and around the Moon…
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