Total lunar eclipse set to wow star gazers, clear skies willing: Barbara Goldberg
Astronomy buffs across the United States have been promised all the makings of a spectacular total lunar eclipse on Sunday except one - clear skies.
The Real-World AI Issue: William Joel
For The AI Issue at The Verge, we’re taking a closer look at the ways that artificial intelligence and machine learning are affecting technology right now. Because it’s too late to understand something after it’s changed the world.
Spektr-R: Russia's only space telescope 'not responding': https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews
Spektr-R has stopped receiving commands from Earth, Russian astrophysicists say.
PAGASA leads celebration of Astronomy Week with planetarium shows, stargazing - Manila Bulletin: Patrick Garcia
PAGASA leads celebration of Astronomy Week with planetarium shows, stargazing Manila Bulletin Make sure to catch the planetarium shows, and stargazing and telescoping activities for free on Feb. 17-23 as part of the countrys celestial celebrations for the...
First Images from New Night-Sky Camera in California Show Gorgeous View of Andromeda Galaxy: Ryan F. Mandelbaum
A new sky survey project has released its first round of incredible data, results, and images, including this amazing new view of our neighboring Andromeda galaxy. Read more...
The ESA will soon explore the smallest asteroid yet, after NASA rams - Astronomy Magazine:
The ESA will soon explore the smallest asteroid yet, after NASA rams Astronomy Magazine Nasa probe to smash into asteroid and knock it out of orbit in first ever planetary defence system test Evening Standard NASA asteroid WARNING: Asteroid discovered last we…
Things We Saw Today: Harvard’s Top Astronomer Is Causing an Alien Hubbub - The Mary Sue: kaila-hale-stern
Things We Saw Today: Harvard’s Top Astronomer Is Causing an Alien Hubbub The Mary Sue Avi Loeb, Harvard's astronomy chair, sparked excitement and ruffled feathers with the suggestion that an alien ship could be sailing past Jupiter. View full coverage on Goog…
What's the Loudest Sound in the Universe?: Daniel Kolitz
The human tolerance for sound is, on a galactic level, puny. Volcano eruptions, jackhammer-intensive construction work, My Bloody Valentine concerts—these tinnitus-inducing phenomena are barely whispers besides the majestic, roiling bursts and collisions goin…
Chinese Satellite Snaps Rare Pic of Lunar Far Side and Earth Together: George Dvorsky
A unique view of the Moon, with its far side facing the camera and an unsettlingly tiny Earth lurking in the background, has been captured by China’s Longjiang-2 satellite. Read more...
This Quadruple Star System Is Unlike Anything We’ve Ever Seen Before: George Dvorsky
Astronomers using the ALMA telescope have discovered an oddly tilted planet-forming disk within a double binary star system, a configuration that up until this point only existed in theory. Read more...
4 billion-year-old Earth rock found on moon | Watch News Videos Online - Globalnews.ca:
4 billion-year-old Earth rock found on moon | Watch News Videos Online Globalnews.ca Scientists believe they've found the oldest known Earth rock — on the moon CBC News A Rock Apollo 14 Astronauts Found on the Moon Actually Came From Earth - D-brief Discover …
Aliens? Harvard professor defends claim mysterious interstellar object could be extraterrestrial probe: Jamie Seidel
Harvard University Astronomy Department chair Avi Loeb is no stranger to controversy. His suggestion a strange object spotted entering our solar system from deep space could be an alien probe is just the most recent example.
The universe's dark energy may be growing stronger with time, study suggests: USA TODAY, Brett Molina, USA TODAY
Dark energy, a mysterious invisible force believed to play a role in how the universe expands, may be growing stronger over time, according to a new study in the peer-reviewed British journal Nature Astronomy.
Saturn's Rings Could Have Formed During the Dinosaur Age, New Analysis Suggests: Ryan F. Mandelbaum
Saturn’s rings might have formed relatively recently—like, in the past hundred million years or so—according to new research. Read more...
Scientists found the 'missing link' in the theory on how planets are formed: feedback@businessinsider.com (Viktoria Ney), Viktoria Ney
Ko Arimatsu For decades, astronomers have been trying to prove a theory about how planets are formed from small asteroid-like objects called Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt Objects. Scientists at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan found an object on the edg…
'Vibrating Universe' Shares Astronomy with Deaf Students: Meghan Bartels
What does a star feel like? A team of scientists put astronomy on a vibrating sound stage in order to tackle such questions.
An Incredible Picture of Solar System: Costanza
This picture has been taken by a Californian photographe from his backyard in Sacramento. Andrew McCarthy obtained this family picture of our Solar System by using multiple equipments : a Sony a7 II camera, Canon 60D, ZWO ASI224MC color astronomy camera, Orio…
"The First Ever" --Cosmic Sleuths Witness Birth of a Black Hole or Neutron Star - The Daily Galaxy --Great Discoveries Channel:
"The First Ever" --Cosmic Sleuths Witness Birth of a Black Hole or Neutron Star The Daily Galaxy --Great Discoveries Channel Researchers may have witnessed the birth of a black hole Engadget Mysterious 'Cow' Blast in Space May Reveal Birth of a Black Hole Spa…
Fascinating myths about the lunar eclipse from around the world: The Conversation
Millions of people will have the opportunity to see a lunar eclipse – an event popularly known in the media as a “blood moon.” During such an eclipse, the full moon moves into the shadow of the Earth cast by the sun, and is momentarily darkened. Some sunlight…
Radio Telescopes Horn In With GNU Radio: Al Williams
Who doesn’t like to look up at the night sky? But if you are into radio, there’s a whole different way to look using radio telescopes. [John Makous] spoke at the GNU Radio Conference about how he’s worked to make a radio telescope that is practical for even y…
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