For over two centuries, we have watched the red giant R Leonis dim and brighten with regularity, but this ‘heartbeat’ is beginning to speed up near the end of the star’s life.
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A California-based start-up wants to open a hotel on the moon by 2032 and is now accepting bookings for the out-of-this world travel experience.
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Exploration advocates are pushing back against the planned cancellation of NASA’s Mars sample return project, saying it could potentially find evidence of Red Planet life.
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“We are in constant contact with NASA.”
Scientists studying Jurassic rocks in China found that cyclical changes in Earth’s orbit affected not only the climate, but also the development of shale oil reserves.
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“The surprise that a supposedly quiet, discless system could drive such a spectacular nebula was one of those rare ‘wow’ moments.”
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Iceberg A23-A has been around since the Chernobyl explosion and Space Shuttle Challenger accident…but perhaps not for much longer.
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“The combination of extreme disk size, strong asymmetries, winds, and potential planet formation makes it the perfect laboratory for understanding how giant planets can form.”
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“This is a structure we’ve never seen before, so it could be a new class of dark object.”
Located south of Bend’s outdoor playland, I visited this Pacific Northwest gem for an enchanted winter evening of astronomical wonders
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