If you thought the hurricanes this summer were kicking up some major storms, you haven’t seen anything yet. Scientists have observed some violent activity on a nearby brown dwarf which may indicate that it may be the site of one of largest space storms ever witnessed by man. The University of Toronto, which is studying [...]

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The closest supernova of its type in 25 years was recently discovered in our skies, and not a moment too soon as you’re now just in time to catch it at its very brightest. Supernova PTF 11kly will peak today, so grab some binoculars and look up at the night sky to catch it in all [...]

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Astronomers have discovered a faraway planet that seems to be made of almost entirely out of diamond. The new planet is far denser than any other that’s been found thus far and consists largely of carbon. Because it is so dense, scientists are figuring that it is most likely made of crystalline, so a large [...]

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The Space Shuttle Atlantis is all packed up and ready to go for NASA’s 135th and final shuttle launch tomorrow (Friday), but stormy weather could threaten the liftoff. The space agency hopes to unveil Atlantis perched high atop its seaside launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center this afternoon for tomorrow’s planned 11:26 a.m. EDT [...]

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The countdown has begun toward the final launch of the space shuttle Discovery.  After a two-day delay, Discovery is set to to launch at 3:52 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon. There is much anticipation for the 39th and final launch of Discovery.  Mission managers will hold a prelaunch news conference at 11 a.m. today (Monday). The [...]

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NASA has discovered two new planets orbiting the same star in the Milky Way using the Kepler Space Telescope.  The planets are about the same size as Saturn. According to William Borucki, Kepler Mission Science Principal Investigator at the NASA Ames Research Center, this is the “first discovery of multiple planets orbiting the same star.” [...]

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The Hubble Space Telescope has captured something truly awesome…a planet right here in our own galaxy that is in the process of being engulfed by its star…its own sun, if you will. The planet is called WASP-12b and it has the highest known surface temperature of any other planet in our galaxy…currently around 1,500 degrees [...]

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Subtitle: NASA Fail Sub-Subtitile: Come on, Nasa.  It’s Not Rocket Science. A giant NASA science balloon decked out with a telescope painstakingly constructed to scan the sky at wavelengths invisible to the naked eye crashed in the Australian outback today.  The result?  The experiment was destroyed, in fact, it just missed nearby spectators and took [...]

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Get ready for a stellar night, literally.  Tonight’s full moon will be the biggest and brightest one of 2010. The moon is usually, on average, about 238,855 miles away from the Earth, but it’s important to note that its orbit around our planet is an ellipse, not a perfect circle. One side of that orbit [...]

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