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Star-travel 5 Million Years Into The Milky Way’s Future
A new video based on ESA's Gaia Mission lets you gaze into the crystal ball and watch the Milky Way…
Do I Believe in UFOs?
Everyone always wants to know if I believe in aliens. They really want to know if I believe in UFOs,…
Watch Stars Orbit The Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole
Watch several dozen stars in the center of our galaxy circle a massive, black "nothing."
Weekly Space Hangout – February 3, 2017: Meredith Rawls & the LSST
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: Meredith Rawls Meredith is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Astronomy at the…
What is a Nova?
We’ve talked about supernovae plenty of times, but what about just regular, plain old novae? What are they, and how…
Where Are All The Alien Robots?
As you know, I’m obsessed about the Fermi Paradox. Where are all the aliens? But an even stranger question is:…
Does Our Galaxy Have a Habitable Zone?
It’s not just our Solar System that has a habitable zone, it turns out our entire galaxy has regions which…
Weekly Space Hangout – Sept 16, 2016: Universe Sandbox
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guests: This week's guests will be the Universe Sandbox Developers Dan Dixon (Project Lead &…
The Big Dipper in the Year 92,000
Using a handy time machine, we zoom into the future to get a sneak peek at the sky to come.
Best Picture Yet Of Milky Way’s Formation 13.5 Billion Years Ago
A new study of the Milky Way galaxy reveals the ages of different parts of the galaxy, and tells the…