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Messier 18 (M18) – The NGC 6613 Star Cluster
Welcome back to Messier Monday! In our ongoing tribute to the great Tammy Plotner, we take a look at the…
A Planet With A 27,000 Year Orbit & That’s Just Where The Strangeness Begins
In the far-flung system of CVSO 30, two planetary candidates have been found with very different orbits - presenting new…
Flawless Shakedown Mission from Modified Soyuz Delivers Multinational Crew to Space Station
A flawless shakedown mission from Russia’s newly modified Soyuz capsule successfully delivered a new multinational crew to the Space Station…
A ‘Cosmic Miracle’: Indications Of Early Forming ‘Direct Collapse’ Black Hole Seen
Astronomers have been finding some extremely old supermassive black holes, ones that formed when the Universe was quite young. But…
What if Earth Stopped Orbiting the Sun?
What if the Earth just stopped dead in its tracks while orbiting the Sun? It would plummet straight down of…
Astronomers Discover Exoplanet With Triple Sunrises and Sunsets
Astronomers discover the first exoplanet orbiting within a triple star system and manage to obtain a direct image of the…
Now, Witness The Power Of This Fully Operational Radio Telescope!
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
As part of Juno's mission to Jupiter, Lego has fashioned three figurines (representing Jupiter, Juno and Galileo) to accompany the…
First Detection of Water Clouds Outside Our Solar System
Astronomers have now determined a nearby brown dwarf has some exciting characteristics: its atmosphere is full of clouds of water…
International Trio from US, Russia and Japan Launches to Space Station on Newly Upgraded Soyuz
An international trio of astronauts and cosmonauts representing the United States, Russia and Japan blasted off in the early morning…