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Astronomers have created a comprehensive census of active galactic nuclei (AGN) — galaxies powered by a feeding...
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These results could benefit space weather forecasts.
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On June 15, 763 B.C.E., a near-total solar eclipse occurred over northern Assyria and was recorded by...
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We rank these Canon 18x50 IS binoculars as the best for shake-free, high-magnification stargazing. Take advantage of...
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We have spent centuries being knocked off our pedestal. Earth isn’t the centre of the Solar System,...
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For three years they’ve been one of the strangest puzzles in astronomy. Tiny, mysterious red dots scattered...
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Somewhere in the plane of the Milky Way, a dead star is spinning 220 times a second,...
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We are used to thinking of gravitational waves as messengers from catastrophes in space, the ringing of...
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Scientists think a new framework for quantum gravity could offer clues about a mysterious 5th fundamental force...
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Gaetan Thibault from Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, Quebec, Canada A meteor slices across the Summer Triangle — glowing hot blue...
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Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. June 14: Irene nears...
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In a recent NASA-supported study, researchers assessed Titan’s resource base and how it could be leveraged for...
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A debate has been raging among planetary scientists for more than a decade—why are there so few...
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Early in the 11th century, a young Benedictine monk named Eilmer jumped from the 150-foot tower of...
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Mercury will appear farthest from the sun in its current evening apparition on June 15.
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Venus’ extraordinarily slow retrograde rotation was likely caused by a chance encounter with a moon-sized impactor. One...
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Written in the 1860s, Jules Verne’s novels "From the Earth to the Moon" and "All Around the...
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The nights surrounding the new moon on June 14 are the perfect time to hunt for planets...
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On June 14, 1949, a rhesus monkey named Albert II was launched into space aboard a V-2...