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Since the dawn of the Space Age in 1957, thousands of artifacts and memorabilia have been flown into space. Some…
The cosmos lost a good soul Wednesday. John Dobson, famous as the creator of the simple, low-cost Dobsonian telescope, passed…
One of the benefits of being an astrophysicist is your weekly email from someone who claims to have “proven Einstein…
Video from YouTube User Pam Bergmann The popular jazz tune “Stars Fell on Alabama” was inspired in part by the…
Earlier this week, Universe Today challenged North American readers to spot the slender, exceptionally "young" crescent Moon on the evening…
If there’s one thing we love, it’s a good meteor shower from an obscure and defunct constellation. Never heard of the…
Lovers of planetary action rejoice; the king of the planets is returning to the evening skies. One of the very…
November 2013 offers a chance to catch a dependable meteor shower, albeit on an off year. The Leonid meteors are…
2013 may well go down as “The Year of the Comet.” After over a decade punctuated by only sporadic bright…