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It’s Alive! Rosetta’s Comet Flares As It Approaches The Sun
Wow! This image shows the target comet for the Rosetta mission starting to develop a tail. This bodes well for…
14 Red Dwarf Stars to View with Backyard Telescopes
They’re nearby, they’re common and — at least in the latest exoplanet newsflashes hot off the cyber-press — they’re hot.…
Tranquil-Looking Galaxy Bears ‘Battle Scars’ From Ancient Struggles
Shining 60 million light-years away all serene-looking is NGC 1316 (left) and a smaller galaxy NGC 1317. This new picture…
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Astronomers Identify the Largest Yellow “Hypergiant” Star Known
A stellar monster lurks in heart of the Centaur. A recent analysis of a star in the south hemisphere constellation of…
Planets Plentiful Around Abundant Red Dwarf Stars, Study Says
Good news for planet-hunters: planets around red dwarf stars are more abundant than previously believed, according to new research. A…
Dazzling New Views of a Familiar Cluster
Wow. It’s always amazing to get new views of familiar sky targets. And you always know that a “feast for…
Keeping An Eye On Gaia
Gaia, ESA's long-anticipated mission to map the stars of our galaxy (as well as do a slew of other cool…
Astronomers Look “Inside” an Asteroid for the First Time
From directly inferring the inside of an asteroid for the first time, astronomers have discovered these space rocks can have…
Behind the Scenes: The “Making Of” the First Brown Dwarf Surface Map
By now, you will probably have heard that astronomers have produced the first global weather map for a brown dwarf.…
Three New Exoplanets Found In a Star Cluster
So far, just a handful of planets have been found orbiting stars in star clusters – and actually, astronomers weren’t…