Astronomy Magazine
Paperblog Editor's Pick
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The Seven Most Incredible Telescopes In Existence
image credit When China completes its newest telescope project in 2016, the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope, it will have a dish nearly... Read more
The 29 April 2013 by Gerard
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NASA Presents: The Black Marble
Google Maps and NASA have just published a new global view and animation of Earth’s city lights. It is a composite assembled from data acquired by a satellite... Read more
The 12 December 2012 by Luphil
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NASA Finds New Evidence of Ice on Mercury
While Curiosity rover is busy on the Red Planet, surprising news arrived from Mercury. The Messenger space probe ( MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment,... Read more
The 30 November 2012 by Ningauble
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Curiosity Rover's Secret Historic Breakthrough?
image credit Much of the internet is buzzing over upcoming 'big news' from NASA's Curiosity rover, but the space agency's scientists are keeping quiet about... Read more
The 23 November 2012 by Gerard
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Radiation Levels on Mars Are Safe for Humans
Curiosity is up (down?) there for three months now, and the space agency have some good news about radiation levels on the Red Planet. Read more
The 17 November 2012 by Ningauble
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The Universe Is Almost Done Making Stars
In its youth, the universe was a roiling soup of star ingredients, with new stars forming rapidly. But now it’s much quieter, and things are not expected to... Read more
The 08 November 2012 by Ningauble
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How Asteroids Can Save Mankind
Asteroid mining may seem like science fiction, but with resources running short on Earth, mining the sky could be humanity's only hope. Near-Earth asteroids... Read more
The 08 November 2012 by Gerard
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Within Two Worlds
depicts an alternate perspective by giving us the illusion of times movement, signifying a beginning and end within a world of constant contradiction. Read more
The 25 October 2012 by Gerard
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NASA Computer Model Shows A Disk Galaxy's Life History
This cosmological simulation follows the development of a single disk galaxy over about 13.5 billion years, from shortly after the Big Bang to the present time. Read more
The 23 October 2012 by Gerard
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How Long Would It Take To Get To Alpha Centauri?
image credit Last Tuesday astronomers announced the discovery of a planet orbiting a star in the Alpha Centauri system, the nearest star system to our sun. But... Read more
The 18 October 2012 by Gerard
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