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NASA Sets GOES-R/Atlas V Launch Events Coverage go.nasa.gov/2e6ugEy #NASA
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Image: Hubble admires a youthful globular star cluster bit.ly/2eex0my
Image: Hubble admires a youthful globular star cluster

Image: Hubble admires a youthful globular star cluster

Globular clusters offer some of the most spectacular sights in the night sky. These ornate spheres contain hundreds of thousands of stars, and reside in the outskirts of galaxies. The Milky Way...

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Hypervariable galactic nuclei bit.ly/2eqMPUV

Hypervariable galactic nuclei

Extreme variability in the intensity of the optical light of galaxies, by factors of two or more, is of great interest to astronomers. It can flag the presence of rare types of supernovae, for...

phys.org
A sinister skyscape bit.ly/2eLElul #ESA
NASA Astronaut Kate Rubins, Crewmates Safely Return From the Space Station go.nasa.gov/2en80Hu #NASA
NASA TV to Broadcast Agency Innovation Mission Day Keynote go.nasa.gov/2fndrKz #NASA
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Week In Images bit.ly/2eD8KuP #ESA
Gaia spies two temporarily magnified stars bit.ly/2fmQ3wL
Gaia spies two temporarily magnified stars

Gaia spies two temporarily magnified stars

While scanning the sky to measure the position of over one billion stars in our Galaxy, ESA's Gaia satellite has detected two rare instances of stars whose light was temporarily boosted by other...

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Relax, the expansion of the universe is still accelerating bit.ly/2fmTLXo

Relax, the expansion of the universe is still accelerating

There's been a whirlwind of commentary of late speculating that the acceleration of the expanding universe might not be real after all.

phys.org
Swarm reveals why satellites lose track bit.ly/2eCSSbJ #ESA
Swarm reveals why satellites lose track

Swarm reveals why satellites lose track

Satellite engineers have been puzzling over why GPS navigation systems on low-orbiting satellites like ESA’s Swarm sometimes black out when they fly over the equator between Africa and South America....

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How planets like Jupiter form bit.ly/2eO0CIB

How planets like Jupiter form

Young giant planets are born from gas and dust. Researchers of ETH Zürich and the Universities of Zürich and Bern simulated different scenarios relying on the computing power of the Swiss National...

phys.org
Keep an automatic eye on seismic zones bit.ly/2eNVjJh #ESA
NASA missions harvest a passel of 'pumpkin' stars bit.ly/2eRzlD8
Washington Students to Speak with NASA Astronaut on Space Station go.nasa.gov/2dPLc24 #NASA
Washington Students to Speak with NASA Astronaut on Space Station - NASA

Washington Students to Speak with NASA Astronaut on Space Station - NASA

Students will gather at National Geographic’s headquarters in Washington for an opportunity to speak with a NASA astronaut currently living and working aboard

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A dead star's ghostly glow bit.ly/2ezPjTV

A dead star's ghostly glow

The eerie glow of a dead star, which exploded long ago as a supernova, reveals itself in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of the Crab Nebula. But don't be fooled. The ghoulish-looking object...

phys.org
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Detailed images of Schiaparelli and its descent hardware on Mars bit.ly/2dPuQX8 #ESA
A Death Star's Ghostly Glow bit.ly/2eVBtbd #Hubble
The oldest star cluster in Tarantula Nebula even older than previously thought, study finds bit.ly/2fj3fCT
Fifteen years of Proba-1 bit.ly/2eJAmz0 #ESA
Young stellar system caught in act of forming close multiples bit.ly/2eGz3kn
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