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The Parker Solar Probe takes its first up-close look at the sun
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe survived its first encounter with the sun and is sending data back to Earth.
By Lisa Grossman | 5:49pm, December 12, 2018
Pinwheel galaxy
News | Astronomy
Astronomers find far-flung wind from a black hole in the universe’s first light
By Lisa Grossman | 6:00am, December 05, 2018
black holes
News | Astronomy
Scientists’ collection of gravitational waves just got a lot bigger
By Emily Conover | 1:19pm, December 04, 2018
illustration of galaxies emitting gamma rays
News | Astronomy
Astronomers have measured all the starlight ever emitted
By Lisa Grossman | 2:00pm, November 29, 2018
star VVV-WIT-07
News | Astronomy
Astronomers spot another star that flickers like Tabby’s star
By Lisa Grossman | 10:14am, November 16, 2018
a dust satellite
Introducing | Astronomy
One of Earth’s shimmering dust clouds has been spotted at last
By Lisa Grossman | 6:00am, November 13, 2018
galaxy cluster
News in Brief | Astronomy
Hubble has been busy since coming back online
By Jennifer Leman | 4:29pm, November 02, 2018
Milky Way illustration
News | Astronomy
The Milky Way feasted on a smaller galaxy 10 billion years ago
By Lisa Grossman | 1:54pm, November 01, 2018
black hole
News in Brief | Astronomy
Three gas clouds nearly grazed the edge of the Milky Way’s black hole
By Emily Conover | 2:18pm, October 31, 2018
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Film | Astronomy
The Neil Armstrong biopic ‘First Man’ captures early spaceflight's terror
By Lisa Grossman | 3:45pm, October 12, 2018
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