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Hubble Space Telescope salutes ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ with cosmic lightsaber

Leave it to the scientists behind the Hubble Space Telescope to capitalize on the craziness over “Star Wars: The Force… Read More

It’s a first: Hubble scientists successfully predict supernova’s ‘instant replay’

Astronomers traced one of the weirder twists in relativity to determine when they’d see an “instant replay” of a distant supernova, and… Read More

Geminid meteors bring holiday cheer – but only upon a midnight clear

The most reliable meteor shower of the year reaches its peak tonight – but to catch the Geminids, you’ll have to… Read More

Planet X? Probably not, but ALMA telescope array’s readings stir up debate

An array of radio telescopes in Chile has picked up weird readings that appear to be coming from far-out objects… Read More

High-flying scientists capture mystery object WT1190F’s fiery breakup on video

Scientists flying on an instrument-laden jet captured great video views of a mysterious space object known as WT1190F as it… Read More

Astronomers spot most distant known world in the solar system: V774104

Astronomers say they’ve identified the most distant celestial object in our solar system – a speck of light more than three times… Read More

Alien megastructures? SETI Institute’s Allen Telescope Array targets weirdly winking star

One of the premier telescope arrays in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, or SETI, is focusing its antennas on an… Read More

Supermoon Sunday! How to make the most of the total lunar eclipse

Sunday’s super-sized total lunar eclipse is special for a couple of reasons, but it’s extra-special for places like Seattle, where… Read More

Top 5 places for Seattle skywatchers to see the Perseid meteor shower

The Perseids are traditionally among the most popular meteor showers of the year, and Seattle is traditionally one of the worst… Read More

Stephen Hawking and Russian tycoon Yuri Milner kick off new search for E.T.

Russian high-tech billionaire Yuri Milner teamed up with the world’s most famous scientist, British physicist Stephen Hawking, to announce a new $100… Read More

By Deutsch: Ute Kraus, Physikdidaktik Ute Kraus, Universität Hildesheim, Tempolimit Lichtgeschwindigkeit, (Milchstraßenpanorama im Hintergrund: Axel Mellinger) English: Ute Kraus, Physics education group Kraus, Universität Hildesheim, Space Time Travel, (background image of the milky way: Axel Mellinger) [CC BY-SA 2.0 de (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/de/deed.en) or CC BY-SA 2.5 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5)], via Wikimedia Commons

Incredibly huge, 12-billion-sun massive black hole found – and it grew big, fast

Interstellar‘s bad boy (and central plot device) has got nothing on this astronomical discovery. A mammoth black hole — and… Read More

Search for ET continues as Paul Allen-backed telescope hits short-term funding goal

The search for alien life may be back on — at least in the short-term. A group established to raise… Read More

Nerd Notes: A ball catching bot, an internet kiss and the Finger-Nose

The intelligence behind tracking Osama is revealed via Twitter. Introducing the floppy disk necklace. Hey, if Mickey Rourke, Mortal Kombat and the… Read More

SETI off the hook: What if we miss the call from the aliens?

The Paul Allen-backed effort to communicate with alien life has hit a serious financial snag. The SETI Institute, which operates… Read More