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Voyager’s Great Leap

Thursday, September 19th, 2013
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Have we actually left the Solar System at long last?

Fast Radio Burst Mystery

Tuesday, July 9th, 2013
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The newest cosmic mystery: four distinct high-energy flashes! (Is the Universe trying to get our attention?) Astronomers are calling them Fast Radio Bursts, but we have yet to determine their origins.

10,000 Near-Earth Objects

Wednesday, July 3rd, 2013
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Asteroid 2013 MZ5 joined the ranks of asteroids and comets whose orbits pass near Earth. On an astronomical scale, “near” means within 28 million miles…

One Night of Many

Wednesday, March 27th, 2013
Jackie Faherty walks toward the Magellan Baade 6.5-meter telescope to prepare for a night of observing. Image credit: Karl Schultz

Academy Director of the Morrison Planetarium and Science Visualization reports about brown dwarfs from the Las Campanas Observatory in Chile. Join him in person at NightLife (6:30pm planetarium show on March 28th) for the “Color of the Cosmos” special presentation.

A Night at the Observatory

Monday, March 25th, 2013
Baade Telescope. Image Credit: Karl Schultz

Academy Director of the Morrison Planetarium and Science Visualization reports from the control room of a twin 6.5-meter Magellan telescope at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile.

Mastering Mass Measurements

Monday, March 4th, 2013
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Scientists are able to measure very distant black holes.

Old Problems, New Techniques

Tuesday, January 8th, 2013
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Ryan Wyatt, Director of Morrison Planetarium and Science Visualization, reporting from first day of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) meeting in Long Beach, California…

Universe Update, November 2012

Tuesday, November 27th, 2012
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Our monthly round-up of top astronomy news.

Most Distant Galaxy?

Thursday, September 20th, 2012
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Astronomers have caught a glimpse of a galaxy far, far away…

Curiosity on Mars

Friday, July 13th, 2012
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

The latest Mars rover, Curiosity, will soon begin its adventure on the Red Planet!

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