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Messier 28 – The NGC 6626 Globular Cluster
Located in the direction of the Sagittarius Constellation, roughly17,900 light-years from Earth, lies the globular cluster known as Messier 28.
NASA Technology Used To Find Stone Age Structures
Using the same kind of light and detection ranging (lidar) technology as the OSIRIS-REx missions, archaeologists are uncovering secrets of…
227 Stars Given Names By International Astronomical Union
After months of research, the IAUs Working Group on Star Names has released a catalog that restored the assigned traditional…
What is Cydonia?
The Cydonia region of Mars has been the subject of scientific and popular curiosity for decades, thanks mainly to its…
Schiaparelli’s One Second Of Terror
Investigators have made progress into determining the cause of the Schiaparelli accident, which appears to be due to a temporary…
Atlas V Fire and Fury Get Gorgeous GOES-R to Geostationary Orbit; Photo/Video Gallery
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - The fire and fury of the mighty Atlas V got the gorgeous NASA/NOAA GOES-R weather…
What If We Do Find Aliens?
We've been so busy wondering how we'll find aliens that we never stopped to consider what we'll do if we…
What is the CERN Particle Accelerator?
Located beneath the border between France and Switzerland is the CERN Particle Accelerator, the largest instrument of its kind in…
How Do We Settle on Jupiter’s Moons?
Jupiter's largest moons - aka. the Galilean Moons - could one day be colonized, providing humanity with limitless resources and…
‘Global Warming Hiatus’ Not Good News For Planet Earth
The slowdown in the rise of the global mean surface temperature between 1998 and 2013 wasn't a slowdown at all.…