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Lyrid meteor shower to peak tonight. Here's what to know
CBS News· 6 days agoLook up, astronomy fans: The Lyrid meteor shower is set to peak overnight Sunday into Monday,...
Astronomers fight to save a major X-ray space telescope
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAlthough any piece of equipment will naturally degrade over time, Chandra...Cat’s Eye Nebula, which...
Saturn's moon Titan imaged by the James Webb Space Telescope
Boing Boing· 3 days agoThe superficially Earthlike appearance of Titan, as imaged by the James Webb Space Telescope, is belied by its cold and inhospitable weirdness. Titan is a strange world — a little bit Earthlike ...
Here's Why We Should Put a Gravitational Wave Observatory on the Moon
Universe Today· 2 days agoScientists detected the first long-predicted gravitational wave in 2015, and since then, researchers...
Scientists Turn to Venus in the Search for Alien Life
SciTechDaily· 3 days ago“We often assume that Earth is the model of habitability, but if you consider this planet in...
The Lyrids meteor shower is peaking. Here's how to enjoy it with a bright moon
NPR· 6 days agoAstronomy website EarthSky advises avoiding city lights as you would in most stargazes, but it also...
Io’s volcanoes have been erupting for billions of years
EarthSky· 3 days agoEarthSky’s Deborah Byrd created this 1-minute video summary for you, on Io‘s volcanoes. Jupiter’s...
Stellar detectives find suspect for incredibly powerful 'superflares'
Space via Yahoo News· 2 days agoSome stars erupt with 'superflares' 10,000 times as powerful as solar flares from the sun. A team of...
Holmdel park dedicated to local scientist who discovered proof of the Big Bang theory
App.com | Asbury Park Press via Yahoo News· 7 days agoWilson was hired by Bell Labs in 1963 after he did a radio astronomy thesis at the California...
On this day in history, April 25, 1990, Hubble Space Telescope placed in orbit by Space Shuttle...
Fox News via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe Hubble Space Telescope, proclaimed by NASA to be the most significant advance in astronomy since...