Astronomers observed a star become a “feast” for a cosmic monster. Click here for…
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New York Times Space & Cosmos
Stuart Bowyer, Astronomer Who Lent His Ear to the Cosmos, Dies at 86
He was a scientist who succeeded in seeing the unseeable and hoped to tune in to…
How a 2nd-Grade Class Sent a Science Experiment to Space
“Any school district now that affords football can afford spaceflight.” Click here for original…
Blue Origin's New Shepard Rocket Launches a New Line of Business
Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket hasn’t flown space tourists yet, but it has found a business…
Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded to 3 Scientists for Work on Black Holes
The prize was awarded half to Roger Penrose for showing how black holes could form and…
Britain Is Getting Ready for Its Space Race
Spurred by Brexit, London is backing companies that will build satellites and haul them into orbit. …
At the Edge of Time, a Litter of Galactic Puppies
The discovery of a black hole surrounded by protogalaxies provides astronomers with a rare glimpse of…
On Venus, Cloudy With a Chance of Microbial Life
Astrobiologists shift their gaze, and speculations, to Earth’s broiling sister planet. Click here for…
Mount Wilson Observatory Survives a Trial by Fire
The birthplace of modern cosmology “has been declared safe” from the wildfires that have ravaged the…
A Solar Forecast With Good News for Civilization as We Know It
Space weather experts believe the sun has entered a new sunspot cycle, and expect it to…