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Weekly Space Hangout – Sept. 26, 2014: So Wait, Do Black Holes Exist or Not?!?
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Guests: Morgan Rehnberg (cosmicchatter.org / @cosmic_chatter) Alessondra Springmann (@sondy) Ramin Skibba (@raminskibba) Brian Koberlein (@briankoberlein) Jason…
Did Wild Weather — Or A Companion — Cause Eerie Infrared Glow From This Baby Star?
Watch out! Carbon monoxide gas is likely fleeing the disk of a young star like our Sun, producing an unusual…
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…
A Cosmic Collision: Our Best View Yet of Two Distant Galaxies Merging
An international team of astronomers has obtained the best view yet of two galaxies colliding when the universe was only…
Some Of Comet ISON’s Organic Materials Arose In An Unexpected Place
While Comet ISON's breakup around Thanksgiving last year disappointed many amateur observers, its flight through the inner solar system beforehand…
Where Exactly Is Pluto? Pinpoint Precision Needed For New Horizons Mission
When you have a spacecraft that takes the better part of a decade to get to its destination, it's really,…
ALMA Observes Binary Star System with Wacky Disks
When it comes to exoplanets, we’ve discovered an array of extremes — alien worlds that seem more like science fiction…
ALMA Sheds New Light on ‘Dark’ Gamma-ray Bursts
Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) represent the most powerful explosions in the cosmos, sending out as much energy in a matter of…
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“Death Stars” Caught Blasting Proto-Planets
It’s a tough old universe out there. A young star has lots to worry about, as massive stars just beginning…
Giant Planet May Be Lurking In ‘Poisonous’ Gas Around Beta Pictoris
A Saturn-mass planet might be lurking in the debris surrounding Beta Pictoris, new measurements of a debris field around the…