A seed that flew around the moon grew into this tree in NYC

Astrobitica July 27, 2026

NEW YORK — Madison Square Park in midtown Manhattan is home to some 44 tree species. And...

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An ‘almost blood moon’ is coming on Aug. 27 and it’ll be the best lunar eclipse until NYE 2028

Astrobitica July 27, 2026

One month from today, skywatchers across the Americas, Europe and Africa will have the chance to witness...

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The Sky Today on Monday, July 27: Saturn stands still

Astrobitica July 27, 2026

Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column.  July 26: Juno at...

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Black Hole Collisions Tell a Tale of Repeating Mergers

Astrobitica July 26, 2026

A black hole merger is one of the Universe’s most energetic and massive events. During such a...

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New Research Shows How Clouds Shape the Interiors of sub-Neptunes

Astrobitica July 26, 2026

Scientists at ASU’s School of Earth and Space Exploration have demonstrated how clouds in a sub-Neptune’s atmosphere...

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Gamma-ray pulsations reveal extreme 3.2-millisecond pulsar 3,900 light-years away

Astrobitica July 26, 2026

By analyzing the data from NASA’s Fermi gamma-ray space telescope, Chinese astronomers have investigated a recently identified...

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UCF Researchers Are Developing Tools to Help Find Habitable Planets

Astrobitica July 26, 2026

Through the Photonics-Enabled Exoplanet Spectroscopic System (PEEPSS) program, researchers are developing a technology that will assist NASA’s...

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What happened to space horror movies?

Astrobitica July 26, 2026

We all know the cliché: any horror franchise that goes on long enough inevitably goes to space....

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July 26, 2000: Comet LINEAR disintegrates

Astrobitica July 26, 2026

In September 1999, the Lincoln Near Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) project discovered a comet – Comet C/1999...

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Are Aliens Harvesting the Spin of Stars?

Astrobitica July 26, 2026

One of the challenges of searching for “technosignatures” (i.e. signs that intelligent life somewhere in the universe...

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I’m not an astronaut, but I went to the International Space Station (sort of)

Astrobitica July 26, 2026

NEW YORK — I'm the kind of person who, every so often, falls into accidental daydreams about...

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The Sky Today on Sunday, July 26: Juno at opposition

Astrobitica July 26, 2026

Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column.  July 25: Great Square...

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NASA and ESA facilities avoid major damage from wildfires in Spain

Astrobitica July 25, 2026

Key ground stations in Spain operated by NASA and the European Space Agency have avoided serious damage...

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‘He took all the blame of the collision on his shoulders.’ Astronaut Michael Foale explains how a 1997 spaceship crash at Space Station Mir unfolded

Astrobitica July 25, 2026

All systems are go! PBS just launched the second episode of its "Once Upon a Time in...

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July 25, 1920: The birth of Chushiro Hayashi

Astrobitica July 25, 2026

Born on July 25, 1920, Chushiro Hayashi graduated from the University of Tokyo with a degree in...

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NASA astronaut, 2 cosmonauts return to Earth after 241 days on space station (video)

Astrobitica July 25, 2026

A U.S.-Russian crew returned to Earth from the International Space Station early Sunday morning (July 26), after...

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The Sky Today on Saturday, July 25: Great Square rising

Astrobitica July 25, 2026

Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column.  July 24: The Moon...

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July 24, 1969: Apollo 11 returns home

Astrobitica July 24, 2026

Having launched on July 16, 1969, and landed on the Moon on July 20, the Apollo 11...

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The Sky Today on Friday, July 24: The Moon passes Antares

Astrobitica July 24, 2026

Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column.  July 23: Mercury’s retrograde...

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The Milky Way’s Arms Reach Out Further Than we Thought

Astrobitica July 8, 2026

A new result using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory shows that the outer spiral arms in the Milky...

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