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Why Can’t We See the Center of the Milky Way?
For millennia, human beings have stared up at the night sky and stood in awe of the Milky Way. Today,…
What Was Here Before the Solar System?
The Solar System is 4.5 billion years old, but the Universe is much older. What was here before our Solar…
Two Stars On A Death Spiral Set To Detonate As A Supernova
Two white dwarfs circle around one other, locked in a fatal tango. With an intimate orbit and a hefty combined mass, the pair is ultimately…
What Is This Empty Hole In Space?
What may appear at first glance to be an eerie, empty void in an otherwise star-filled scene is really a…
Weekly Space Hangout – Jan 9, 2015: Andy Weir of “The Martian”
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: Andy Weir , author of "The Martian" Andy was first hired as a programmer…
Famous Hubble Star Explosion Is Expanding, New Animation Reveals
Wow! One of the most famous star explosions captured by the Hubble Space Telescope -- several times -- shows clear…
This Dark Nebula Looks Like it is Writhing in Agony
We've got at least one scary night ahead with Halloween falling on Friday. Adam Block, manager at the Mount Lemmon…
Video: Warp Into A Star Nursery 3,000 Light Years Away
Zoom! This video brings you up close to a region where a bunch of stars are being born. This new…
Carnival of Space #357
Welcome, come in to the 357th Carnival of Space! The carnival is a community of space science and astronomy writers…
Stunning 3D Tours of Two Well-Known Nebulae
Two videos recently released by the Hubble team take us on a tour of two famous and intriguing cosmic objects:…