A team of astronomers has found an enigmatic gas cloud, called CO-0.40-0.22, only 200 light years away from the center…
WATCH: SpaceX Rocket Explodes Trying To Land On A Barge
SpaceX was coming off a huge win last month when it landed a rocket on solid ground. Elon Musk took…
Watch the Moon Occult Aldebaran Tuesday Night
“That’s no moon…” But in this case, it is (sorry Ben), and that Moon is headed to temporarily obliterate (occult)…
Proxima Centauri: The Closest Star
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Pale Red Dot: Proxima Centauri Campaign Begins
A new observational campaign for Proxima Centauri, coordinated by Guillem Anglada-Escudé (Queen Mary University, London), is about to begin, an…
Video Shows SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Land on Droneship, Then Fall Over and Explode
A video posted late Sunday by billionaire Elon Musk shows just how close his spaceflight company SpaceX came to landing…
Astronauts Observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Space
Like their cohort on the ground, astronauts aboard the U.S. segment of the International Space Station will take a day…
Pretty Pictures of the Cosmos: Shadow Play
Adam Block brings us his first images processed in the new year, showcasing the beautiful interplay of light and dark.…
Teeter’s Telescopes Custom Dobsonian
Teeter’s Telescopes unveils its latest custom Dobsonian telescope, the 16-inch f/4.5 TT/Stark (starting at $2,575 without optics). The post Teeter’s…
The properties of pre-stellar cores
Stars like the Sun begin their lives as cold, dense cores of dust and gas that collapse under the influence…
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