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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…
Weekly Space Hangout – Feb. 6, 2015: Astronaut Ron Garan’s “Orbital Perspective”
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Guests: Morgan Rehnberg (cosmicchatter.org / @MorganRehnberg ) Special Guest: Astronaut Ron Garan (orbitalpersepctive.com / @Astro_Ron) Ron…
Are Gamma Ray Bursts Dangerous?
Gamma ray bursts are the most energetic explosions in the Universe, outshining the rest of their entire galaxy for a…
End the Year with a Bang! See a Bright Supernova in Virgo
A 14th magnitude supernova discovered in the spiral galaxy NGC 4666 earlier this month has recently brightened to 11th magnitude, making…
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What Does It Mean To Be ‘Star Stuff’?
At one time or another, all science enthusiasts have heard the late Carl Sagan's infamous words: "We are made of…
Astronomers Discover First Mulitiple-image Gravitationally-lensed Supernova
How about four supernovae for the price of one? Using the Hubble Space Telescope, Dr. Patrick Kelly of the University of…
How Quickly Do Black Holes Form?
A star can burn its hydrogen for millions or even billions of years. But when the party's over, black holes…
Weekly Space Hangout – Nov. 14, 2014: Holy Rosetta! We Landed on a Comet!
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Guests: Morgan Rehnberg (cosmicchatter.org / @cosmic_chatter) Brian Koberlein (@briankoberlein) Alessondra Springmann (@sondy) Ramin Skibba (@raminskibba) (more…)
When Did the First Stars Form?
Shortly after the Big Bang, the Universe had cooled to the point that the first stars could form out of…
Weekly Space Hangout – Oct. 31, 2014: Bad Week in Space
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Guests: Morgan Rehnberg (cosmicchatter.org / @cosmic_chatter) Ramin Skibba (@raminskibba) Alessondra Springmann (@sondy) Ken Kremer (kenkremer.com /…