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NASA Announces its 2025 Budget. Lean Times Ahead.
Space flight is an expensive business and that money has to come from somewhere. The White…
Colliding Neutron Stars are the Ultimate Particle Accelerators
Gamma-ray telescopes observing neutron star collisions might be the key to identifying the composition of dark…
Ultrablack Coating Could Be Ideal for Telescopes
If you, like me, have dabbled with telescope making you will know what a fickle friend…
Are Andromeda and the Milky Way Already Exchanging Stars?
I often drag out the amazing fact that the Andromeda Galaxy, that faint fuzzy blob just…
Black Holes are Tearing Stars Apart All Around Us
Galaxy NGC3799 lies around 16 million light years from Earth. Any event observed today within that…
This is Europa Clipper’s Version of the Golden Record
The Voyager spacecraft carried on board a plethora of scientific instruments but attached to the side…
Astronomers Propose a 50-Meter Submillimeter Telescope
Some parts of the Universe only reveal important details when observed in radio waves. That explains…
Black Holes Need Refreshing Cold Gas to Keep Growing
The Universe is filled with supermassive black holes. Almost every galaxy in the cosmos has one,…
Cyborg Jellyfish Could Help Explore Oceans Autonomously
Earth’s oceans are—like space—a largely unexplored frontier. Relatively few humans have explored either place, using specialized…