Galaxy clusters are massive congregations of galaxies that host huge reservoirs of hot gas — the temperatures are so high…
Observations provide crucial third dimension in probe of universe’s dark side
ESO telescopes have provided an international team of astronomers with the gift of the third dimension in a plus-sized hunt…
Colorful Arcs over Buenos Aires
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Ceres blurs line between comet and asteroid
New discoveries about Ceres’ mysterious bright spots suggest that a strict division between comet and asteroid is no longer realistic.…
Space Station Bound – Soyuz TMA-19M Launches With 3 Aboard | Video
Yuri Malenchenko (Roscosmos), Tim Kopra (NASA) and Tim Peake (ESA) launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Dec. 15th,…
New Crew Sets Sail for Space Station
Tim Kopra, Tim Peake and Yuri Malenchenko blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan today, kicking off a six-hour…
Catch This Season’s ‘Other’ Comet: S2 PanSTARRS
Now is the time to catch binocular Comet C/2014 S2 PanSTARRS, as it tops +8 magnitude ahead of predictions this…
Southern Skywatch December, 2015 edition is now out!
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Cosmology Gets Real
An astrobiologist comes to grips with the new cosmology results. The post Cosmology Gets Real appeared first on Sky &…
Expedition 46 Soyuz Launch to the International Space Station
The Soyuz TMA-19M rocket is launched with Expedition 46 Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos),…
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