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Astronomers fight to save a major X-ray space telescope
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 54 minutes ago“It's a huge monetary and environmental toll to put an observatory up in space, so I think it’s...
Opinion: America's 'big glass' dominance hangs on the fate of two powerful new telescopes
Los Angeles Times· 3 hours agoThe Mt. Wilson Observatory changed the conception of humankind’s place in the universe and revealed...
Lyrid meteor shower to peak tonight. Here's what to know
CBS News· 4 days agoLook up, astronomy fans: The Lyrid meteor shower is set to peak overnight Sunday into Monday,...
Battle of the Astronomy Tower
Fandom· 4 days agoLord Voldemort secretly organised the attack by ordering sixteen-year-old Death Eater and Hogwarts student Draco Malfoy to assassinate Albus Dumbledore, the only wizard in the world whom Voldemort ...
Springtime magic: Pink Moon blooms brightly in April sky
AccuWeather· 24 hours agoThe rise of the Pink Moon on April 23 marked the second full moon of astronomical spring for the...
Scientists find one of the oldest stars in the universe in a galaxy right next to ours
LiveScience· 6 hours agoScientists have identified one of the oldest known stars outside the Milky Way. The discovery,...
A collision with something the size of Arizona could have formed half of Pluto's 'heart'
Astronomy Magazine· 51 minutes agoNASA released images of Pluto in 2015 taken by the New Horizons spacecraft, many were captivated by...
‘The announcement we’ve found alien life could be just a couple of years away’
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 hours ago“Generally, when I’m on a plane, if I tell somebody that I search for life on planets around other...
How many stars die in the Milky Way each year?
Astronomy Magazine· 2 hours agoThis pathway to stellar death is trod about once every two years in our galaxy. For stars more than eight times heavier than our Sun, death becomes...
On this day in history, April 25, 1990, Hubble Space Telescope placed in orbit by Space Shuttle...
Fox News via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoThe Hubble Space Telescope, proclaimed by NASA to be the most significant advance in astronomy since...
