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What Does Space Look Like From Space?

Pretty impressive, I'd say! This video is a compilation of different time-lapses taken from the ISS over the past several…

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The Most Astounding Fact About The Universe

In a 2008 interview by TIME magazine, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson was asked what he thought the "most astounding fact"…

10 years ago

New Study Shows How Trace Elements Affect Stars’ Habitable Zones

[/caption] Habitable zones are the regions around stars, including our own Sun, where conditions are the most favourable for the…

10 years ago

Why Does Sirius Twinkle?

[/caption] At this time of year, after dark we in the northern hemisphere are able to see the mighty constellation…

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NASA’s Airborne Observatory Targets Newborn Stars

[/caption] (DING!) "The captain has turned off the safety lights – you are now free to explore the infrared Universe."…

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Echoes From η Carinae’s Great Eruption

[/caption] During the mid 1800's, the well known star η Carinae underwent an enormous eruption becoming for a time, the…

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Two More Earth-Sized Planets Discovered by Kepler, Orbiting Former Red Giant Star

[/caption] Amid all of the news last week regarding the discovery by Kepler of two Earth-sized planets orbiting another star,…

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Astronomers Find the Most Supermassive Black Holes Yet

[/caption] For years, astronomer Karl Gebhardt and graduate student Jeremy Murphy at The University of Texas at Austin have been…

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Asteroid 2005 YU55: See It For Yourself!

[/caption] It's already been stated several times here on Universe Today that 2005 YU55, a 400-meter-wide roughly spherical asteroid, will…

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Three New Planets and a Mystery Object Found Orbiting Dying Stars

[/caption] Some interesting new additions to the exoplanet family were announced last week by astronomers from Penn State University. While…

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