On this page you’ll find news articles about space and astronomy from across the web.
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Exoplanet’s helium atmosphere is inflated like a balloonAstronomers have discovered that a Neptune-sized exoplanet - HAT-P-11b - has an even larger helium atmosphere than first thought. The atmosphere is... Read more »
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Binary star ‘odd couple’ spotted by ALMA
The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array has spotted a young binary star system in which two very different size suns are in the... Read more »
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Virgin Galactic Flight Wins Praise From Government and IndustryWhile some question whether Virgin Galactic's latest SpaceShipTwo test flight actually went into space, a number of government officials and industry organizations... Read more » - ●Tour Jezero Crater! Fly Over the Landing Site of NASA's Next Mars Rover (Video)A new video gives a bird's-eye view of the ancient lake bed that NASA's next Mars rover will scour for signs of... Read more »
- ●Fireball That Exploded Over Greenland Shook Earth, Triggering Seismic SensorsThese are the first-ever seismic recordings of a meteor impact on ice in Greenland.... Read more »
- ●2018’s brightest comet is closest SundayComet 46P/Wirtanen is making one of the 10 closest comet flybys of Earth in 70 years today. Whether you glimpse it with... Read more »
- ●On This Day in Space! Dec. 16, 1962: NASA Launches 1st Meteoroids Mission Explorer 16On Dec. 16, 1962, NASA launched the Explorer 16 spacecraft to study micrometeoroids near Earth. See how it happened in our On... Read more »
- ●See it! Images of comet 46P/WirtanenThe images are coming in fast! That tells us people are finding this comet relatively easily. Look here for photos and video... Read more »
- ●Orion’s Belt and the Celestial BridgeTo the Aymara - indigenous people in the Andes and Altiplano regions of South America - the famous sky feature we know... Read more »
- ●Adelaide sunsetGordy Losic captured the December 6 sunset in Adelaide, South Australia. Thanks for sharing, Gordy!... Read more »
- ●Rocket Lab Launches 13 Cubesats on 1st Mission for NASAA Rocket Lab Electron booster lifted off from the company's launch site on New Zealand's Mahia Peninsula early this morning (Dec. 16),... Read more »
- Awesome Photos! The Geminid Meteor Shower of 2018 in PicturesIn mid-December 2018, the 2018 Geminid meteor shower peaked in what was the best meteor shower of the year. See amazing photos... Read more »
- NASA Lunar Orbiter Now Supporting Commercial and International MissionsA NASA spacecraft originally built as part of the previous effort to return humans to the moon is now playing a key... Read more »
- DARPA's Next Project: Design A Space Development AgencyUndersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Mike Griffin directed Fred Kennedy, director of DARPA's Tactical Technology Office, to lead a study... Read more »
- Virgin Galactic's Richard Branson Looks Ahead to Beginning Commercial SpaceShipTwo FlightsWith a first flight to the edge of space under the company's belt, Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson believes commercial flights of... Read more »
- Meet OWL and HIBOU! Japan's Asteroid Hoppers Get New NamesJapan's pioneering Hayabusa2 asteroid hoppers have gotten new names.... Read more »
- The Rubber Ducky Comet Blasted a Magnetic Path Through SpaceRosetta's comet sent a magnetic shock wave screaming out in front of it, blazing a trail through the stellar wind. And scientists... Read more »
- How to See Ghostly Green Comet 46P/Wirtanen Fly by Earth This WeekendYou can expect a ghostly green blob to grow brighter in the sky near Orion in the coming days, as Comet 46P/Wirtanen... Read more »
- What is a sun pillar, or light pillar?Sun pillars, or light pillars, are shafts of light extending from the sun or other bright light source. They're caused by ice... Read more »
- All you need to know: December solsticeDecember solstice 2018 arrives on December 21 at 22:23 UTC. High summer for the Southern Hemisphere. For the Northern Hemisphere, the return... Read more »
Here’s the First Image of the Sun from the Parker Solar ProbeIt’s been 124 days since the Parker Solar Probe was launched, and several weeks since it made the closest approach any spacecraft... Read more »- Rosetta Flew Through the Bow Shock of Comet 67P Several Times During its MissionAccording to a new analysis of Rosetta data, the orbiter passed through the bow shock of Comet 67/P several times during its... Read more »
- Of Course You’ll Want to See InSight’s First Selfie.InSight has been on the Martian surface for almost three weeks, prepping itself for all the science it’s going to do. But... Read more »
- US Mint Marks 'First Strike' of Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Curved CoinsThe U.S. Mint has struck its initial coins commemorating the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing.... Read more »
- Space Calendar 2018: Launches, Sky Events & MoreHere's a guide to the major astronomical events of the next year, as well as space launches and milestones for spacecrafts already... Read more »
- A newly released "deep field" image from the Hubble Space Telescope captures galaxies during the epoch of massive star formation three billion... Read more »
- This New Full-Length Trailer for 'Star Trek: Discovery' Season 2 Is Spock-tacular!We get to see lots more of Spock in the new full-length trailer for "Star Trek: Discovery" Season 2 plus, we learn... Read more »
- New computer simulations show tangled magnetic fields in jets streaming away from supermassive black holes may be creating powerful electric fields and... Read more »
- Geminid Meteor Shower 2018: When, Where & How to See ItThe Geminid meteor shower peaks the night of Dec. 13-14. This guide tells you the best times and places to see these... Read more »
- See it! Photos of 2018’s Geminid meteor showerThe Geminids peaked last night, and, by all reports, put on a great show in 2018. Photos here from the EarthSky community.... Read more »
Giant Black Hole Powers Cosmic Fountain
Before electricity, water fountains worked by relying on gravity to channel water from a higher elevation to a lower one. In space,... Read more »- Twenty-five years ago this month, spacewalking astronauts installed corrective optics aboard the Hubble Space Telescope, correcting its famously blurred vision. Galaxy M100... Read more »
- Image of the DayRussian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko work outside the International Space Station to inspect a tiny hole that was discovered in a docked Soyuz... Read more »
A young star caught forming like a planetAstronomers have captured one of the most detailed views of a young star taken to date, and revealed an unexpected companion in... Read more »Week in images
Our week through the lens: 10 - 14 December 2018... Read more »
Chasing Comet 46P/Wirtanen as the Moon LoomsLearn how chase away the Moon to keep Comet 46P/Wirtanen in a dark sky. Here's an update on the comet's progress and... Read more »- Chasing Comet 46P/Wirtanen as the Moon LoomsLearn how chase away the Moon to keep Comet 46P/Wirtanen in a dark sky. Here's an update on the comet's progress and... Read more »
- Chasing Comet 46P/Wirtanen as the Moon LoomsLearn how chase away the Moon to keep Comet 46P/Wirtanen in a dark sky. Here's an update on the comet's progress and... Read more »
- Chasing Comet 46P/Wirtanen as the Moon LoomsLearn how chase away the Moon to keep Comet 46P/Wirtanen in a dark sky. Here's an update on the comet's progress and... Read more »
- The ESA Council held its 277th meeting at the European Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt on 12 and 13 December 2018.... Read more »
The Sky This Week from December 14 to December 23
Comet 46P/Wirtanen reaches its peak while the Sun makes its lowest arc and the Full Moon makes its highest arc across our Northern... Read more »- Though you may be able to spot Comet 46P/Wirtanen with your naked eye under a dark sky, binoculars or a telescope will... Read more »
- As the Juno spacecraft prepares for its 16th close pass by Jupiter later this month, let's recap what the ambitious project has... Read more »
- Tiny droplets of early universe matter createdResearchers have created tiny droplets of the ultra-hot matter that once filled the early universe, forming 3 distinct shapes and sizes: circles,... Read more »
- Huge previously-undetected coral reef off US East CoastEarlier this year, scientists were surprised to discover a huge forest of coldwater corals off the coast of South Carolina. A scientist... Read more »
- A special visitor is crossing the sky: Comet 46P/Wirtanen, sighted with telescopes and binoculars in recent weeks, is on the way to... Read more »
- Geminid Meteor Shower 2018: It's Not Too Late to Catch a 'Shooting Star'!The Geminid meteor shower has already peaked — but you still have time to try to catch sight of what will likely... Read more »
- This Week’s Sky at a Glance, December 14 – 22• Plan ahead: Venus will occult a 6th-magnitude star on the morning of December 21st for parts of eastern and central North... Read more »
- This Week’s Sky at a Glance, December 14 – 22• Plan ahead: Venus will occult a 6th-magnitude star on the morning of December 21st for parts of eastern and central North... Read more »
- In this week's edition, we explore part of northwest Slovenia with Copernicus Sentinel-2... Read more »
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