Russian scientists launched one of the world’s largest underwater space telescopes on Saturday to observe the Universe from the crystal clear waters of Lake Baikal. The deep underwater telescope, which has been …
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In a stormy Hawaiian sky in July 2017, streaks of red and blue lightning appeared to meet over a bed of white light. Cameras from the Gemini North Telescope at the Gemini …
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A test of a powerful new space imaging device has given us a wonderfully detailed new view of the Apollo 15 Moon landing site. By bouncing a powerful radar signal from the …
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Of all the weather events our magnificent planet throws at us, lightning is one of the most spectacular – and the most mysterious. Even though a storm is a regular occurrence, we …
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Since ancient times, philosophers and scholars have considered the beginning of time and have also tried to determine when all things began. It has only been in the era of modern astronomy …
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One of the world’s most respected radio telescopes is on the verge of catastrophe, a 900-ton platform to save two critical cables to save it after triggering a frantic race by engineers …
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According to NASA’s latest dispatch, the space agency has an “exciting new discovery about the moon” coming on Monday October 26. Curiously, the new results are courtesy of the Stratospheric Observatory for …
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There is a hole in one of the world’s most prominent astronomical observatories. On Monday, a 3-inch-thick (76 mm-thick) cable broke at the Arecibo Observatory, tearing 100 feet (30 m) long into …
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