400 Years of the Telescope
This documentary chronicles the history of the telescope from the time of Galileo and features interviews with leading astrophysicists and cosmologists from around the world, who…
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Flying Through the Monkey Head Nebula
The Monkey Head Nebula (also known as NGC 2174) is a star-forming region in which bright, newborn stars near the center of the nebula illuminate the…
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Irish Astronomer Dave Grennan Bags Third Supernova
Irish amateur astronomer Dave Grennan has done it again, discovering his third supernova from his back garden in Raheny, Dublin. The the new ‘Type 1c’ supernova…
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New Image Processing Technique Uncovers Previously Unidentified Planetary Disks
Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have applied a new image processing technique to obtain near-infrared scattered light photos of five disks observed around young stars…
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National Air & Space Museum Opens Hubble Exhibit
Two instruments that played critical roles in discoveries made by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope now are on display in an exhibit at the Smithsonian National Air…
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XMM-Newton Looks at the X-Ray Sky
When we gaze up at the night sky, we are only seeing part of the story. Unfortunately, some of the most powerful and energetic events in…
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First Earth-Size Planet in ‘Habitable Zone’ Discovered by Kepler
Using NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered the first Earth-size planet orbiting a star in the “habitable zone” — the range of distance from a…
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Orion Spacecraft Passes Test for Flight Readiness
NASA’s Orion spacecraft has proven its mettle in a test designed to determine the spacecraft’s readiness for its first flight test — Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1)…
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Hubble Improves Observing Accuracy for Milky Way Stars
Even though NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is 24 years old, astronomers are still coming up with imaginative, novel, and groundbreaking new uses for it. The latest…
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Researchers Spot First Signs of an Exomoon
Titan, Europa, Io and Phobos are just a few members of our solar system’s pantheon of moons. Are there are other moons out there, orbiting planets…
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