Astronomy News
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Although we wish we knew everything, we also love the mystery.
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With the discovery of a previously unknown twin star, the Big Dipper gets just a little bit bigger.
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New infrared camera on the Hubble Space Telescope gathers images of the most distant objects ever captured.
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Improved wireless communications in Southern California support critical science and public safety work in remote areas.
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'2012' hits the theaters. Have fun with the hype, but don't give in to panic or fear. Rest assured, there will be a 2013 here on Earth.
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Four hundred years after deeming Galileo a heliocentric heretic, the Vatican sponsors a conference on extraterrestrial life.
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Star dubbed GRB 090423 is the oldest object ever seen.
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Thirty-two new planets discovered.
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October 4-10 was World Space Week, and some folks got together to look at the sky.
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Three teams find two planets with strange rotational behavior just one day apart, leaving everyone's heads spinning.
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This year's Perseid meteor showers is cause for a Twitter party.
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Famously dropped-in-space tool kit returns to earth safely, incinerating in the atmosphere.
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Microsoft is doing its part to push scientific discovery ahead, announcing new data research tools at its10th annual Microsoft Research Faculty Summit this week.
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What else would a 14-year-old do but go up to the attic and discover a new supernova on her telescope?
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The universe has come to O'Hare in the form of a new photo exhibit, "From Earth to the Universe."




