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‘Once-in-a-lifetime’ explosion will bring a new star to the night sky
CNN via AOL· 21 hours agoAstronomers are anticipating the appearance of a “new star” triggered by an explosive event that...
5 things to know for June 12: Hunter Biden guilty, Gaza protests, Economy, Bus hijacking, Medical...
CNN via AOL· 2 hours agoA new star will appear in the night sky any day now as space enthusiasts await an explosive celestial event known as a nova. The “once-in-a-lifetime” sighting promises to be an exciting one ...
Astronomers Should Take a Deeper Look at Naming
Scientific American· 1 day 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...
At its first open house since the pandemic, the Haystack Observatory in Westford unveils its window...
The Boston Globe· 2 hours agoThe scientists did not disappoint. In a back room of the facility, surrounded by small rocks, Rigel...
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...
What Will Emerge From The Wreckage Of The Arecibo Telescope?
Science Friday· 8 hours agoSimple sheets of paper hanging on the wall show the schedule where astronomers and scientists from...
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· 20 hours agoAstronomers have been puzzling over the origins of mysterious fast radio bursts (FRBs) since the...
'Absolutely gutted': How a jammed door is locking astronomers out of the X-ray universe
SPACE.com· 2 hours agoJust outside Hiroya Yamaguchi’s office is a blackboard crowded with exploded stars, spaceship schematics and spectral lines. Right now, Yamaguchi, an associate professor at Japan's Institute ...
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...