Astronomy
See Light Pollution in Action
Like anyone else who's ever looked up at the night sky in any but the smallest cities, I've seen light…
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A Natural Planetary Defense Against Solar Storms
Planetary shields up: solar storms inbound… Researchers at NASA’s Goddard Spaceflight Center and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have identified…
‘Space Racers’ TV Show Brings The Adorable (And The Science) To Preschoolers
Blastoff! A new space show aimed at preschoolers aims to showcase the joy of space, while making sure that the…
Supermassive Black Hole’s Dizzying Spin Is Half The Speed Of Light
The spin rate of the most distant supermassive black hole has been measured directly, and wow, is it fast. X-ray…
Daylight Saving Time: A Spring Forward or a Step Back?
The time to change clocks is once again nigh. We’ll put our unabashed bias as a lover of the night…
SOFIA Snapshots: Jupiter And Starbirth Among Achievements For Observatory Facing Sidelines
Just weeks after becoming fully operational, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) is facing storage in 2015. The airborne observatory…
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BUDGET 2015: Flying SOFIA Telescope To Be Shelved For ‘Higher-Priority’ Programs Like Cassini
NASA is prepared to axe an airborne telescope to keep "higher-priority" programs such as the Saturn Cassini mission going, according…
Watch the Close Pass of NEO Asteroid 2014 DX110 Wednesday Night
BREAKING- No sooner than the cyber-ink was dry on this post than we got notice of another 10-metre NEO asteroid…
Jellyfish-Like Galaxy Appears To Be Shedding All Over Space
Is that a tractor beam trying to latch on to galaxy ESO 137-001? While the bold blue stripe in the…
Planets Plentiful Around Abundant Red Dwarf Stars, Study Says
Good news for planet-hunters: planets around red dwarf stars are more abundant than previously believed, according to new research. A…