Around midday on June 13, 2024, my colleagues and I were scanning the skies when we thought we …
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Astronomers Thought the Milky Way Was Doomed to Crash Into Andromeda. Now They’re Not So Sure
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesFor years, astronomers have predicted a dramatic fate for our galaxy: a head-on collision with Andromeda, our nearest …
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For 100 Years, We Have Marvelled at Planetariums. Here’s a Brief History of How Humans Brought the Stars Indoors
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesPicture this: a small audience is quietly ushered into a darkened room. They gasp in awe as a …
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Twinkling Star Reveals the Shocking Secrets of Turbulent Plasma in Our Cosmic Neighborhood
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesWith the most powerful radio telescope in the Southern Hemisphere, we have observed a twinkling star and discovered …
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NASA’s New Telescope Will Create the ‘Most Colorful’ Map of the Cosmos Ever Made
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesNASA will soon launch a new telescope that will create the “most colorful” map of the cosmos ever …
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3.5 Kilometers Underwater, Scientists Found a Staggeringly Energetic Particle From Outer Space
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesThree and a half kilometers beneath the Mediterranean Sea, around 80 km off the coast of Sicily, lies …
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Earth Is Bombarded With Rocks From Space — but Who Gets to Keep These Ultimate Antiques?
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesEvery day, about 48.5 tons of space rock hurtle toward Earth. Meteorites that fall into the ocean are …
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Blinking Radio Pulses From Space Hint at a Cosmic Object That ‘Shouldn’t Exist’
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesWhen some of the biggest stars reach the end of their lives, they explode in spectacular supernovas and …
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A Bright ‘Sun-Skirting’ Comet Will Grace Southern Skies This Week. Here’s How to See It
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesHot on the heels of a spectacular comet late last year, another celestial visitor is set to put …
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Why Is One Half of Mars So Different to the Other? ‘Marsquakes’ May Have Just Revealed the Answer
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesMars is home to perhaps the greatest mystery of the Solar System: the so-called Martian dichotomy, which has …