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Messier 18 (M18) - The NGC 6613 Star Cluster

By tammy-plotner - July 11, 2016 03:00 PM UTC | Stars

A Planet With A 27,000 Year Orbit & That's Just Where The Strangeness Begins

By Matthew Williams - July 11, 2016 02:28 PM UTC | Exoplanets

In the far-flung system of CVSO 30, two planetary candidates have been found with very different orbits - presenting new opportunities for exoplanet study

Flawless Shakedown Mission from Modified Soyuz Delivers Multinational Crew to Space Station

By ken-kremer - July 10, 2016 12:06 AM UTC | Missions

A flawless shakedown mission from Russia's newly modified Soyuz capsule successfully delivered a new multinational crew to the Space Station early Saturday, July 9 after a two day orbital chase.

A 'Cosmic Miracle': Indications Of Early Forming 'Direct Collapse' Black Hole Seen

By Nancy Atkinson - July 08, 2016 05:18 PM UTC | Black Holes

What if Earth Stopped Orbiting the Sun?

By Fraser Cain - July 08, 2016 03:32 PM UTC | Planetary Science

What if the Earth just stopped dead in its tracks while orbiting the Sun? It would plummet straight down of course, but how long would it take to actually crash into the Sun?

Astronomers Discover Exoplanet With Triple Sunrises and Sunsets

By bob-king - July 08, 2016 11:10 AM UTC | Exoplanets

Astronomers discover the first exoplanet orbiting within a triple star system and manage to obtain a direct image of the new world.

Now, Witness The Power Of This Fully Operational Radio Telescope!

By Matthew Williams - July 07, 2016 09:12 PM UTC | Telescopes

Construction has just finished on the Five-hundred-metre Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST), the world's largest single-aperture telescope

Jovians Distressed At Strange, Tiny & Silent Creatures Aboard Spacecraft

By Matthew Williams - July 07, 2016 04:50 PM UTC | Astrobiology

As part of Juno's mission to Jupiter, Lego has fashioned three figurines (representing Jupiter, Juno and Galileo) to accompany the probe on its mission

Carnival of Space #465

By Susie Murph - July 07, 2016 03:59 PM UTC | Site News

First Detection of Water Clouds Outside Our Solar System

By Nancy Atkinson - July 07, 2016 03:31 PM UTC | Exoplanets

Astronomers have now determined a nearby brown dwarf has some exciting characteristics: its atmosphere is full of clouds of water vapor. This is the first time water clouds have been detected outside of our Solar System.

International Trio from US, Russia and Japan Launches to Space Station on Newly Upgraded Soyuz

By ken-kremer - July 07, 2016 01:16 AM UTC | Missions

An international trio of astronauts and cosmonauts representing the United States, Russia and Japan blasted off in the early morning Kazakh hours today, July 7, for a new mission of science and discovery on the International Space Station (ISS).

Life On Titan Possible Without Water

By Matthew Williams - July 06, 2016 04:27 PM UTC | Astrobiology

According to a recent study from Cornell University, the prebiotic conditions for life might exist on Titan, despite it being cold and having no water

What are the Jovian Planets?

By Matthew Williams - July 06, 2016 09:00 AM UTC | Planetary Science

In the outer region of our Solar System lie four giant planets - also known as Jovians. And beyond our Sun, thousands more are being found...

The Moon Occults Jupiter This Weekend

By David Dickinson - July 06, 2016 06:38 AM UTC | Observing

The Moon makes a close pass near Jupiter this weekend and occults it for observers in the southern Indian Ocean region.

When Will Humanity Become a Type III Civilization?

By Fraser Cain - July 05, 2016 03:38 PM UTC | Astrobiology

Based on our current growth in energy usage, how long will it take before we use up all the energy of our planet, of our star, or even all the energy in our galaxy?