Astronomy

Asteroid That Flew By Is Larger Then We Thought.

The Asteroid we talked about last week, 2012 LZ1, came within 3.3 million miles of the earth on June 14. The flyby did allow astronomers to…

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NuSTAR Black Hole Space Telescope Unfolds 33-Foot Mast in Orbit

The NuSTAR black hole telescope unfolded its giant mast in orbit on Thursday, June 21. This is one of the…

12 years ago

First Flight Instrument Delivered For James Webb Space Telescope

WASHINGTON -- The first of four instruments to fly aboard NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (Webb) has been delivered to…

12 years ago

Asteroid Flies by Earth Today(6/14/12)!

Today, 6/14/12, A asteroid the size of a city block will fly by the earth. The astrtoid is named 2012…

12 years ago

The world’s Largest Telescope Project Is A Go.

Plans for the mega-telescope named European Extremely Large telescope, or E-ELT, Has taken a large step closer to becoming reality Monday, June 11th. The Plans were…

12 years ago

Jupiter’s Smallest Known Moon

Details of Jupiter's smallest known moon have been unveiled. The moon, S/2012  J 2, was discovered in September 2010 along with one other moon…

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NASA Cancels X-Ray Space Telescope

NASA is canceling work on the space telescope designed to find black holes through x-ray light. The decision has come…

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Transit of Venus

Today, June 5th, 2012, At 22:09 UTC, we will be able to see the planet Venus as a small dark…

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NASA’S Hubble Shows Milky Way is Destined for Head-on Collision

WASHINGTON -- NASA astronomers announced Thursday they can now predict with certainty the next major cosmic event to affect our…

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NASA Preparing to Launch Its Newest X-ray Eyes

WASHINGTON -- NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, is being prepared for the final journey to its launch pad…

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