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- Watch Venus and Jupiter as they converge for this weekend’s great conjunction https://astronomynow.com/2022/04/27/watch-venus-and-jupiter-as-they-converge-for-this-weekends-great-conjunction/ 15 comments
- The Cheshire Cat star galaxy https://astronomynow.com/2015/11/23/where-alice-in-wonderland-meets-alberteinstein/ 2 comments space
- The case for, and against, the still-unseen Planet 9 https://astronomynow.com/2021/02/16/the-case-for-and-against-the-still-unseen-planet-nine/ 8 comments space
- Second Proxima Centauri planet confirmed in 25-year-old Hubble data https://astronomynow.com/2020/06/03/second-proxima-centauri-planet-confirmed-in-25-year-old-hubble-data/ 10 comments space
- Using satellite data collected over the past decade, Canadian scientists have come up with a spectral “fingerprint” of Earth that could be compared to atmospheric signatures from exoplanet transits to help determine their ability to support life. https://astronomynow.com/2019/08/29/earths-chemical-fingerprint-could-help-identify-habitable-exoplanets/ 2 comments space
- Shattering an in-bound asteroid may be a lot tougher than previously thought https://astronomynow.com/2019/03/04/28916/ 3 comments space
- Behaviour of fastest-growing white dwarf contradicts accepted theory https://astronomynow.com/2018/12/09/behaviour-of-fastest-growing-white-dwarf-contradicts-accepted-theory/ 5 comments space
- Get ready for viewing Mars this summer during its closest approach for 15 years https://astronomynow.com/2018/05/26/get-ready-for-viewing-mars-this-summer-during-its-closest-approach-for-15-years/ 7 comments space
- Astronomers report the discovery of a super-massive black hole at the heart of a quasar that is 20 billion times more massive than the Sun https://astronomynow.com/2018/05/15/monster-black-hole-consuming-the-suns-mass-every-two-days/ 3 comments science
- The sharpest-ever view of the giant star, Betelgeuse https://astronomynow.com/2017/06/30/see-the-sharpest-ever-view-of-giant-betelgeuse/ 4 comments space
- Probe into crash of ESA lander recommends more checks on ExoMars descent craft https://astronomynow.com/2017/05/24/probe-into-crash-of-esa-lander-recommends-more-checks-on-exomars-descent-craft/ 7 comments space
- With an eye on growing cost, NASA aims for 2025 launch of next ‘great observatory’ https://astronomynow.com/2017/04/19/with-an-eye-on-growing-cost-nasa-aims-for-2025-launch-of-next-great-observatory/ 18 comments space
- Europe’s ExoMars spacecraft begins lowering its orbit https://astronomynow.com/2017/03/20/europes-exomars-spacecraft-begins-lowering-its-orbit/ 7 comments europe
- Planet Nine (an undiscovered planet at the edge of the solar system that was predicted by the work of Caltech’s Konstantin Batygin and Mike Brown in January 2016) appears to be responsible for the unusual tilt of the Sun. Predicted 10 times bigger than Earth and an orbit 20 times larger than Neptune http://astronomynow.com/2016/10/20/curious-tilt-of-the-sun-traced-to-undiscovered-planet-nine/ 4 comments space
- Universe contains ten times more galaxies than previously thought https://astronomynow.com/2016/10/13/universe-contains-ten-times-more-galaxies-than-previously-thought/ 58 comments space
- Giant rings around ‘super Saturn’ exoplanet turn in the wrong direction https://astronomynow.com/2016/10/12/giant-rings-around-super-saturn-exoplanet-turn-in-the-wrong-direction/? 3 comments space
- Planet-devouring star reveals possible limestone debris: fossil marine life? http://astronomynow.com/2016/06/14/planet-devouring-star-reveals-possible-limestone-debris-fossil-marine-life/ 20 comments space
- Astronomers discover massive planet orbiting young star, challenging current theories of planet formation http://astronomynow.com/2016/05/27/astronomers-find-giant-planet-around-very-young-star-ci-tauri/ 5 comments science
- ESO signs €400 million contract for E-ELT dome and 39-metre telescope structure https://astronomynow.com/2016/05/25/eso-signs-e400-million-contract-for-e-elt-dome-and-39-metre-telescope-structure/ 6 comments space
- Planet Nine: a world that shouldn’t exist https://astronomynow.com/2016/05/03/planet-nine-a-world-that-shouldnt-exist/ 7 comments space
- Solar storms ignite X-ray aurorae on Jupiter https://astronomynow.com/2016/03/22/solar-storms-ignite-x-ray-aurorae-on-jupiter/ 3 comments space
- Hubble sees two galaxies become one http://astronomynow.com/2015/12/28/hubble-sees-two-galaxies-become-one/ 5 comments space
- Watching an exoplanet in motion around a distant star http://astronomynow.com/2015/09/17/watching-an-exoplanet-in-motion-around-a-distant-star/ 4 comments space
- A rare picture of a galaxy swallowing an other http://astronomynow.com/2015/09/11/extreme-starburst-in-the-core-of-a-gargantuan-galaxy-cluster/ 3 comments space
- Astronomers have developed a new, highly accurate method of measuring the distances between stars, which could be used to measure the size of the galaxy, enabling greater understanding of how it evolved. http://astronomynow.com/2015/09/04/using-stellar-twins-to-climb-the-cosmic-distance-ladder/ 209 comments science
- Rosetta gets ringside seat to smelly comet outburst http://astronomynow.com/2015/08/11/rosetta-gets-ringside-seat-to-smelly-comet-outburst/ 3 comments space
- New Horizons sees Pluto’s close approach hemisphere and Charon’s ‘dark pole’ http://astronomynow.com/2015/06/24/new-horizons-sees-plutos-close-approach-hemisphere-and-charons-dark-pole/ 3 comments space
- Universe expanding more slowly than previously thought? http://astronomynow.com/2015/04/13/universe-expanding-more-slowly-than-previously-thought/ 4 comments science
- NASA spacecraft nears historic arrival at dwarf planet Ceres http://astronomynow.com/2015/03/02/nasa-spacecraft-nears-historic-arrival-at-dwarf-planet-ceres/ 19 comments science
- “The exact number is uncertain, given that the data that we have is limited, but our calculations suggest that there are at least two planets, and probably more, within the confines of our solar system,” explains Carlos de la Fuente Marcos, scientist at the UCM and co-author of the study. http://astronomynow.com/2015/01/16/trans-neptunian-study-suggests-solarsystem-contains-more-planets/ 8 comments science
- Spooky shadow play gives Jupiter a giant eye. http://astronomynow.com/2014/10/28/spooky-shadow-play-gives-jupiter-a-giant-eye/ 3 comments space
- NASA rules out Apophis impact with Earth in 2036 http://www.astronomynow.com/news/n1301/14apophis/#.upqrv6gjcl8 8 comments science
- New comet discovered predicted to blaze brighter than the full moon next year http://www.astronomynow.com/news/n1209/25comet/#.ugmqxqyvuji.facebook 948 comments worldnews
- New comet might blaze brighter than the full Moon http://www.astronomynow.com/news/n1209/25comet/#.ugi_asygp4b.facebook 19 comments space
- Newly discovered huge-ass comet may be brighter than the moon in 2013. It will follow another highly anticipated huge ass comet, which will also be extremely bright. http://www.astronomynow.com/news/n1209/25comet/ 26 comments science
- Dawn asteroid probe at Vesta loses another reaction wheel. http://www.astronomynow.com/news/n1208/15dawn/ 4 comments space
- Water found in Apollo samples http://www.astronomynow.com/news/n1007/22moon/ 10 comments space
- The shocking size of Comet McNaught - In early 2007 Comet C/2006 P1 McNaught became the brightest comet visible from Earth for 40 years, and now, according to new data, is also the largest comet measured to date. http://www.astronomynow.com/news/n1004/13comet/ 4 comments space
- Rare black hole munches on white dwarf (SFW) http://www.astronomynow.com/news/n1001/04ngc1399/ 29 comments science
- Oceans of diamond possible on Uranus and Neptune http://www.astronomynow.com/news/n1001/21diamond/ 3 comments science