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Double Disc Found Feeding Each Other In Binary Star System
Deep within the Taurus Dark Cloud complex, one of the closest star-forming regions to Earth has just revealed one of…
Unusual Distributions of Organics Found in Titan’s Atmosphere
A new mystery of Titan has been uncovered by astronomers using their latest asset in the high altitude desert of…
Two Comet Groups Discovered Around Beta Pictoris
Between the years 2003 and 2011, the High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher - better known as HARPS - made…
Comet Siding Spring: Close Call for Mars, Wake Up Call for Earth?
It was 20 years ago this past July when images of Jupiter being pummeled by a comet caught the world's…
Elemental Mystery: Lithium Is Also Rare Outside Of The Milky Way
This new picture of M54 -- a part of a satellite galaxy to the Milky Way called the Sagittarius Dwarf…
Amazing Video Timelapse Of Big Telescopes At Work In Chile
What's it like to spend a night at a huge telescope observatory? Jordi Busque recorded a brilliant timelapse of the…
Boom! Get Up Close To Yesterday’s Mountaintop Explosion For Astronomy
Talk about starting your astronomy work with a bang! Yesterday's controlled explosion on the top of Cerro Armazones marked the start…
Poof! Mountain Blows Its Top To Make Way For Huge Telescope
All's clear for a huge telescope to start construction on a mountaintop in Chile! That puff you see is the top…
Watch A Mountaintop Blow Up Live For Astronomy Tomorrow
While we space geeks are lucky enough to watch rocket launches regularly, it's not often we get to see a…
Dramatic Starscape Helps Astronomers Learn About Our Own Galaxy
Such stars, much science! Shining in front of darker dust, this star cluster (NGC 3590) is about 7,500 light-years from…