Vera Rubin Was a Pioneering Female Astronomer. Her Federal Bio Now Doesn’t Mention Efforts to Diversify Science.
The edits to the webpage offer a glimpse into how far the Trump administration will go in refusing to acknowledge today’s ...
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An Amateur Astronomer Seemingly Spotted a New Asteroid. It Turned Out to Be a Tesla in Space
The car, launched in 2018 on a SpaceX rocket’s upper stage, is one of many human-made objects in deep space that could ...
‘Oh My’: What Air-Traffic Radio Tells Us About the American Airlines Plane Crash
Transmissions show early instruction for an Army helicopter to avoid the passenger jet.
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Space advertising faces strong opposition as scientists sound alarm
One of the more pressing challenges is that no known mitigation strategy exists to prevent space advertising from interfering ...
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SpaceX Starlink satellite sparks brilliant fireball as it falls from space over US (videos)
The Starlink satellite reentry sparked at least 62 fireball reports to the American Meteor Society, which shared images and ...
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Life seeded from space? Rowan’s Connolly oversees research that seems to confirm theory
New research overseen by a Rowan University professor may help support that theory.
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This black hole just awoke and is blasting out twin jets at incredible speeds
Twin jets erupt from a supermassive black hole in Draco, offering new insights into black hole activity and evolution.
On this date: Noted Saturn observer, moon discoverer dies
On this date, Jan. 29, 1859, American astronomer William Cranch Bond died. Cranch and his son, George Phillps Bond, ...
American Astronomical Society Calls On Nations To Ban Advertising In Space
The American Astronomical Society is calling on all nations to ban advertising in space that can be seen from the ground. Their concern is that "obtrusive ...
Remember the 'mini-moon' last year? Study finds it was likely just a chunk of the actual moon
A chunk of space rock that visited near Earth's orbit last year was widely called a "mini-moon," a nickname that was more ...
One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies? 100 years ago, Edwin Hubble settled astronomy's 'Great Debate'
A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the ...
NASA Tracking Bus-Size Asteroid Approaching Earth at 30,000 Mph
BS4 may be anywhere between 17 and 40 feet across, and will approach at about twice the distance between the Earth and moon.