Nearby Supernova in Galaxy M82 Monitored by Hubble
This is a Hubble Space Telescope composite image of a supernova explosion designated SN 2014J in the galaxy M82. At a distance of approximately 11.5 million…
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How Supernovas Happen Unravelled by NuSTAR
One of the biggest mysteries in astronomy, how stars blow up in supernova explosions, finally is being unraveled with the help of NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope…
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Celestron’s FirstScope Telescope
This is an entry level scope that is highly recommended for anyone who is taking their first steps into astronomy. Given the lack of any computerized…
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Martian Jelly Donut Riddle Solved
Researchers have determined the now-infamous Martian rock resembling a jelly doughnut, dubbed Pinnacle Island, is a piece of a larger rock broken and moved by the…
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New Detailed Geologic Map of Ganymede
More than 400 years after its discovery by astronomer Galileo Galilei, the largest moon in the solar system – Jupiter’s moon Ganymede – has finally claimed…
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Seeing Saturn’s Auroras in Different Light
NASA trained several pairs of eyes on Saturn as the planet put on a dancing light show at its poles. While NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, orbiting…
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A Year for Comets
A team of European astronomers has found a previously unknown comet, detected as a tiny blob of light orbiting our Sun deep in the Solar System.…
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AAVSO Alert Notice 497: Nova Sagittarii 2014 = PNV J18250860-2236024
AAVSO Alert Notice 497 Nova Sagittarii 2014 = PNV J18250860-2236024 February 11, 2014 1. Event: Nova Sagittarii 2014 = PNV J18250860-2236024 Discovered by: Sigeru Furuyama (Tone-machi,…
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A Call to Identify the Ages of Star Clusters
Help Hubble scientists in the adventure of discovery. They need your eyes to identify the ages of star clusters in the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy, M83. Human…
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Looking Back at a Stormy Saturn
Like a swirl from a paintbrush being dipped in water, this image from the Cassini orbiter shows the progress of a massive storm on Saturn. The…
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