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Carnival of Space #444
Messier 3 (M3) - The NGC 5272 Globular Cluster
Messier Object 3 (aka. NGC 5272), a globular cluster located in the constellation of Canes Venatici, is one of the brightest clusters in the sky.
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Rosetta's Philae Lander in Permanent Sleep
Astronomy Cast Ep. 403: Funding Big Science: from Alma to LIGO to TMT
Watch the Moon Beat a Path Across the Hyades Tonight
Watch the Moon as it crosses the Hyades star cluster tonite, and occults the bright star Aldebaran for observers in the United States northwest.
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Was The Big Bang Just A Black Hole?
Chinese Fusion Test Reportedly Reaches New Milestone
Researchers at the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak facility in Hefei, China, claim that they have reached a major milestone in fusion power
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Send Your Sweetie An Out-Of-This-World Valentine
Looking for a cosmic way to say "I love you" this Valentine's Day? Let Mars, Pluto and Bennu help you out.
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Obama Administration Proposes Smaller 2017 NASA Budget of $19 Billion with Big Exploration Cuts
The Obama Administration has announced its new Federal budget and is proposing to cut NASA's Fiscal Year 2017 Budget to $19 billion by carving away significant funding for deep space exploration, whereas the overall US Federal budget actually increases to over $4.1 trillion.
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The Andromeda Constellation
Weekly Space Hangout – Feb. 12, 2016: Amy Shira Teitel
Retro Travel Posters Show Us The Future
These beautiful, retro-style posters from NASA recall the glory days of space tourism. That haven't happened yet.
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Musk Says Hyperloop Could Work On Mars... Maybe Even Better!
During the awards ceremony for the Hyperloop Pod Competition, Elon Musk commented on the possibility of Hyperloop on Mars
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Massive Planet Gone Rogue Discovered
A massive rogue planet has been discovered in the Beta Pictoris moving group.
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Gravitational Waves Discovered: A New Window on the Universe
The discovery of gravitational waves generated by the collision of two massive black holes could revolutionize our understanding of the universe.
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NASA Says Indian Event Was Not Meteorite
On Feb. 6th a bus driver in India was reportedly struck and killed by a falling meteorite. Did this really happen? Almost certainly not. We look at the details.
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Why Do Planets Have Rings?
Sources of Gravitational Waves: The Most Violent Events in the Universe
In the third and final article in our gravitational wave guide, we explain what kinds of events can generate these powerful ripples in spacetime.
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Great Attractor Revealed? Galaxies Found Lurking Behind the Milky Way
The discovery of hundreds of galaxies, hidden from view behind the Milky Way, help shed light on the nature of The Great Attractor.
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Gravitational Wave Detectors: How They Work
Time to brush up on your gravitational wave basics, if you haven't done so! In Gravitational waves and how they distort space, I had a look at what gravitational waves do. Now, on to the next step: How can we measure what they do? How do gravitational wave detectors such as LIGO work?
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