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NASA Targeting Earth Observing Satellites and ISS Sensors to Aid Missing Malaysian Airline Search
NASA has actively joined the hunt for the missing Malaysian Airline flight MH-370 that mysteriously disappeared without a trace more…
Chinese Satellites May Have Detected Debris from Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight
Chinese satellite image of suspected floating objects from the missing Malaysia Airlines plane MH 370. Credit: China SASTIND/China Resources Satellite…
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Astronomers Identify the Largest Yellow “Hypergiant” Star Known
A stellar monster lurks in heart of the Centaur. A recent analysis of a star in the south hemisphere constellation of…
Stormy with a Chance of Molten Iron Rain: First Ever Map of Exotic Weather on Brown Dwarfs
Think the weather is nasty this winter here on Earth? Try vacationing on the brown dwarf Luhman 16B sometime. Two…
Chang’e 3 Lander Beams Back New Lunar Panorama Photos
Little by little we're getting sharper, clearer pictures from the Chinese Chang'e 3 moon mission. Yesterday the lander beamed back…
A Naked Eye Nova Erupts in Centaurus
If you live in the southern hemisphere, the southern sky constellation of Centaurus may look a little different to you…
10-Year-Old Boy Discovers a 600 Million Year-Old Supernova
Young Canadian Nathan Gray, age 10, has discovered a supernova candidate in the field of the galaxy designated PGC 61330,…
Comet LINEAR Suddenly Brightens with Outburst: How to See It
It’s swiftly becoming an “all comets, all the time” sort of observing season. The cyber-ink was barely dry on our…
New Data: Will Comet ISON Survive its Close Perihelion Passage?
It’s the question on every astronomer’s mind this season, both backyard and professional: will Comet C/2012 S1 ISON survive perihelion?…
A Tale of a Lost Moon: Hubble Spies Neptune’s Moons and Its Rings
"That's no moon..." -B. Kenobi But in this case, it is... a lost moon of Neptune not seen since its…