Scientists found no signs of laser pulses coming from KIC 8462852, a star whose mysterious brightness dips have spawned talk…
Robots to Spy On Black Holes
Astronomers wanting more accurate measurements of distant black holes have some new assistants — robots that can tackle the tedious…
The 2015 Geminids: Observing, History, Imaging, Prognostications and More
Author’s note: as of Thursday morning December 10th, the Geminids are already active. Canadian Meteor Orbit Radar (CMOR) has picked…
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Cosmic Perspective – Jim Garvin
Andy Poniros hosts. Today we talk with NASA Goddard’s Chief Scientist with the Sciences and Exploration Directorate, Dr. Jim Garvin.…
The 4 Plowshare Conferences And The Lost Nuclear Future of The Silver Age, 1958-68
A guest article by Joseph Friedlander When I was a young boy, reading comics, I ran across the DC Comics…
EarthSky News with Deborah Byrd
All the news you can fit into outer space LIVE on Slooh.com Wednesdays at 11 a.m. ET (1600 UTC). Or…
Keck Observatory opens its archive to the public
The W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii has just been awarded the 2015 NASA Group Achievement Award for pioneering the…
High school student helps discover new planet, calculates frequency of Jupiter-like planets
High school senior Dominick Rowan of Armonk, New York, is making discoveries about other worlds. Working with University of Texas…
Occator Crater
A view of Occator crater on the dwarf planet Ceres made from images from the Dawn spacecraft laid over a…
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