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Spectacular Meteor Lights Up The Utah Skies
11:20AM Adam Frucci | If you were hanging out outside in Utah on Wednesday night, chances are good that you witnessed a pretty rare astronomic event: a friggin’ huge meteor that lit up the entire sky. More »
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Spirit Rover Ready To Take…Those Sunken Wheels…
9:00AM Chris Jacob | …And learn to roll again, roll again so free. Sure, Spirit’s been better, but that doesn’t mean he’s down and out. No sir. NASA is ready to make the little guy mobile again and put him back to work. More »
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NASA Finds Water On The Moon
4:34AM Mark Wilson | In a press conference going on now, NASA has said they’ve found “a significant amount” of water on the moon. More »
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1:22AM Jesus Diaz | Sometimes we are too concentrated on reaching the stars to appreciate what we have right here under our feet. But then again, if we weren’t reaching for the stars, we would never realise this. Zoom in for high definition version. More »
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1:22AM Jesus Diaz | Sometimes we are too concentrated on reaching the stars to appreciate what we have right here under our feet. But then again, if we weren’t reaching for the stars, we would never realise this. Zoom in for high definition version. More »
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2:50AM Jesus Diaz | I’ve seen many amazing, inspiring and humbling deep-space images, but this look inside the heart of our very own galaxy has left me without superlatives. Zoom in to get the 2820×1409 pixel image, and see how it was made. More »
Milky Way’s Heart Combines Three Space Telescope Views
2:50AM Jesus Diaz | I’ve seen many amazing, inspiring and humbling deep-space images, but this look inside the heart of our very own galaxy has left me without superlatives. Zoom in to get the 2820×1409 pixel image, and see how it was made. More »
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Vatican Holds Scientific Conference To Ponder Existence Of Aliens
1:20PM Sean Fallon | Last year Father Jose Gabriel Funes, a Jesuit priest and the chief papal astronomer, noted that the search for aliens did not contradict a belief in God. With that, the floodgates appeared to have opened at the Vatican. More »
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Earth And Jupiter Captured In The Same Photo Taken From Mars
12:20AM Adam Frucci | This is a photo of the Earth and its moon and Jupiter and its moons. In the same frame. It’s taken from Mars, and it’s humbling and incredible. Be sure to click the picture to see its full scope. [Reddit] More »
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The Vatican Finally Shares Its Secret Stash Of Astronomy Artefacts
6:40PM Rosa Golijan | The Vatican is holding an exhibit showing a collection of astronomy and space themed treasures, including this 18th century Planetarium. I’m just stunned that these beauties have been collecting dust somewhere, unseen and unappreciated for who-knows-how-long. More »
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How They Fixed The Hubble
11:48PM Jesus Diaz | Hubble is alive—and delivering amazing images—after the successful mission that fixed it — arguably the most difficult in the history of the shuttle program. Today, PBS’ Nova tells all about it in the Hubble’s Amazing Rescue. Here’s the teaser. [PBS]
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