As British royal families fought the War of the Roses in the 1400s for control of…
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Discovery of runaway star yields clues to breakup of multiple-star system
As British royal families fought the War of the Roses in the 1400s for control of…
Fireball streaks across Vancouver sky, Canada
A bright meteor fireball streaked across Vancouver sky at 03:40 UTC on March 17, 2017 (21:40…
Bright fireball over Orange, Australia caught on camera
A bright meteor fireball with a fiery tail was recorded over Orange, Australia at 08:45 UTC…
Fireball illuminates sky over Pakistan, causing panic
A bright meteor fireball illuminated the sky over northern Pakistan around 16:00 UTC (21:00 PKT) on…
Starquakes reveal surprises about the birth of stars
Just as seismologists use earthquakes to understand the interior of our planet, astronomers use starquakes to…
Comet Encke swings around the Sun as seen by solar observatory
For the past couple of days, Comet 2P/Encke is visible through the eyes of ESA/NASA solar…
JPL finds satellite lost in Moon’s orbit
A new technological application of interplanetary radar pioneered by scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in…
First lightning detector in a geostationary orbit
The first lightning detector in a geostationary orbit, the Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM), aboard GOES-16, is…
Asteroid 2017 DS109 to flyby Earth at 0.90 LD
Asteroid 2017 DS109 will flyby Earth at a distance of 0.90 LD (345 600 km /…