Hubble Finds Potential “Zombie Star”
Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope for the first time have spotted a star system that later produced an unusual supernova explosion of a white dwarf,…
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AAVSO Alert Notice 503: Request for Regular Monitoring of the Symbiotic Variable RT Cru
AAVSO Alert Notice 503 Request for regular monitoring of the symbiotic variable RT Cru August 6, 2014 Current magnitude 12 -12.5. Dr. Margarita Karovska (Harvard-Smithsonian Center…
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Rosetta Rendezvous Replay
If you missed the live Rosetta rendezvous with Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko this morning, the above video is a replay of the event, including interviews with various scientists…
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Stunning close up detail focusing on a smooth region on the ‘base’ of the ‘body’ section of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The image was taken by Rosetta’s OSIRIS…
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After a decade-long journey chasing its target, ESA’s Rosetta has today become the first spacecraft to rendezvous with a comet, opening a new chapter in Solar…
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Watch the Rosetta Rendezvous Live Tomorrow
Tomorrow morning at 8:00AM GMT (4AM EST), The ESA’s Rosetta probe will rendezvous with Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. It will be the first mission in history to rendezvous…
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Mars Opportunity Rover Beats Lunokhod 2 and Sets New Off-World Driving Record
NASA’s Opportunity Mars rover, which landed on the Red Planet in 2004, now holds the off-Earth roving distance record after accruing 25 miles (40 kilometers) of…
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ESA’s Venus Express spacecraft has climbed to a new orbit following its daring aerobraking experiment, and will now resume observations of this fascinating planet for at…
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M33 – an Astrophotography Favorite
The spiral galaxy M33, also known as the Triangulum Galaxy, is one of our closest cosmic neighbours, just three million light-years away. Home to some forty…
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NASA Prepares Mars Orbiters for Comet Flyby of Mars
NASA is taking steps to protect its Mars orbiters, while preserving opportunities to gather valuable scientific data, as Comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring heads toward a…
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