Maser.
Astronomers discover a 300-billion mile across cloud of methyl alcohol floating in space. (via)
View ArticleSuper-supermassive black hole.
Scientists discover two black holes that are on a collision course with each other.
View ArticleLobster All-Sky X-ray Monitor.
Telescope designed to view 180° at once can take a picture of the entire sky in 90 minutes.
View Article73P Schwassmann-Wachmann.
Comet that an air traffic controller believes a fragment of will catastrophically strike Earth on May 25.
View ArticleA galaxy far, far away.
Astronomers discover molecular hydrogen 12.3 billion light-years away. (via)
View ArticleExchange reaction.
Neptune probably captured its moon Triton from an orbit around the Sun. (via)
View ArticleSkyScout.
Handheld device that uses GPS technology to identify what celestial body you are pointing at. (via)
View ArticleXMMXCS 2215-1734.
Galaxy cluster discovered 10 billion light-years from Earth that weighs 500 trillion times the mass of the Sun. (via)
View ArticleAbell 3266.
Gas ball of fire discovered in a distant galaxy cluster that is five thousand million times the size of our solar system. (via)
View ArticleDavid’s stone.
Researchers have proposed the idea of capturing an asteroid and engineering it to take out any Earth-bound threats. (via)
View ArticleNix and Hydra.
Twin moons of Pluto formerly known as S/2005 P 1 and S/2005 P 2 are given formal names. (via)
View Article2004 XP14.
Asteroid at least a half-mile in diameter will fly past Earth on July 3. (via)
View ArticleHubble Advanced Camera for Surveys.
Astronomers discover a possible Jupiter-size planet orbiting the Beta Pictoris. (via)
View ArticleNew Worlds Observer.
Space shield that will shade orbiting telescopes from star light allowing astronomers to look for Earth-like planets.
View ArticleLyman alpha blobs.
Astronomers discover a massive object containing galaxies and gas bubbles that is 200 million light-years wide.
View ArticleHD 189733b.
Astronomers detect the life-forming molecule methane on a planet 63 light years away.
View ArticleNo K8538.
Cuneiform tablet is deciphered and believed to be a Sumerian account of a meteor impact.
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