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Recorded during the Astrotour to Costa Rica, Fraser talks to Dr. Paul Matt Sutter about the nature of dust and BICEP 2’s claim of discovering primordial gravitational waves.

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NGC 3324 in Carina

Big, beautiful spiral galaxy M101 is one of the last

Mars exploration rover

Highlights of the North Spring Sky

Last month, humanity bounced a robot off an asteroid.

Are galaxies giant magnets?

What's happening at the center of spiral galaxy M106?

A new study conducted by an international team of scientists examines what the term "habitable zone" means and how next-generation telescopes will test our assumptions.

The post Which Habitable Zones are the Best to Actually Search for Life? appeared first on Universe Today.

Moonrise Through Mauna Keas Shadow

Between 5 and 10 thousand underwater mountains have been discovered by measuring their gravitational effects on the sea

Between 5 and 10 thousand underwater mountains have been discovered by measuring their gravitational effects on the sea

The SLS rocket found its future launch manifest severely curtailed in a new budget request. This leaves the long overdue rocket with uncertain long term prospects.

The post SLS Rocket Promises To Do Better appeared first on Universe Today.

The ESA and Reaction Engines recently took another step towards the realization of the hypersonic SABRE engine.

The post Progress for the Skylon. Europe agrees to continue working on the air-breathing SABRE engine appeared first on Universe Today.

2,000 light years away, in the Orion constellation, lurks an eerie looking creature, made of glowing gas lit up by young stars: the Cosmic Bat. Its real name is NGC 1788. It’s a reflection nebula, meaning the light of nearby stars is strong enough to light it up, but not strong enough to ionize the …

Continue reading "Do You See the “Cosmic Bat” in NGC 1788?"

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Four astronauts are preparing for their first spacewalks outside the International Space Station, scheduled for March 22, March 29 and April 8.

Every once in a while, the Milky Way ejects a star. The evicted star is typically ejected from the chaotic area at the center of the galaxy, where our Super Massive Black Hole (SMBH) lives. But at least one of them was ejected from the comparatively calm galactic disk, a discovery that has astronomers rethinking …

Continue reading "This Star has been Kicked Out of the Milky Way. It Knows What It Did."

The post This Star has been Kicked Out of the Milky Way. It Knows What It Did. appeared first on Universe Today.

Media accreditation now is open for the next SpaceX delivery of supplies, equipment and science investigations to the International Space Station.

Effective techniques for preventing extremism call for intervening early, making sure disenfranchised groups are included in society and disrupting stereotypes by making people work together. Deradicalisation programmes fail when they ignore this

Effective techniques for preventing extremism call for intervening early, making sure disenfranchised groups are included in society and disrupting stereotypes by making people work together. Deradicalisation programmes fail when they ignore this