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‘Once-in-a-lifetime’ explosion will bring a new star to the night sky
CNN via AOL· 18 hours agoAstronomers are anticipating the appearance of a “new star” triggered by an explosive event that...
Astronomers Should Take a Deeper Look at Naming
Scientific American· 23 hours agoIn 2002 then NASA administrator Sean O’Keefe announced that the upcoming Next Generation Space Telescope, the pride of the agency and a promise of...
Astronomers Spot Cataclysmic Collision of Giant Asteroids in Nearby Star System
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 2 days agoNearly 20 years ago, astronomers observed a massive cloud of fine dust particles around a young star...
A mysterious Jupiter-sized planet that shouldn't exist is as puffy as a marshmallow and astronomers...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 6 days agoBased on this discrepancy, astronomers didn't know how a planet like WASP 107b could exist. But now,...
Polarized light yields fresh insight into mysterious fast radio bursts
Ars Technica· 18 hours agoAstronomers have been puzzling over the origins of mysterious fast radio bursts (FRBs) since the...
'Supernova discovery machine' James Webb Space Telescope finds most distant star explosion on record
Space via Yahoo News· 13 hours agoThe JWST has proven itself to be a "supernova discovery machine" by finding 80 exploding stars in...
Astronomers detect evidence of possible asteroid collisions in ‘teenage’ solar system
Courthouse News Service· 2 days agoThe lead scientist on the study, John Hopkins astronomer Christine Chen, said she and her team made...
Why do astronomers look for signs of life on other planets based on what life is like on Earth?
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 5 days agoIf you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com....
Australia's 'Space Gandalf' astronomer dies aged 62
BBC via Yahoo News· 5 days agoGreg Quicke used his self-taught astronomy knowledge to become a popular figure on TV [BBC] An Australian astronomer who appeared on the BBC's Stargazing...
Amateur astronomers confirm 'warm Jupiter' exoplanet
Astronomy Magazine· 5 days agoNow a network of citizen scientists has confirmed one of those exoplanets, a “warm Jupiter” sitting about 300 light-years away, that represents an...