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Universe Update
News from Morrison Planetarium and beyond
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I can’t tell you whether or not there are aliens. What I can tell you is why it’s so hard to find out.
With no NightLife tonight, our director shares a few of his favorite astronomy news stories from the past month.
What is gravity? Is it a force or is it something else? And what did Newton “discover”?
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News Headline, Gravitational waves, gamma ray bursts, and reading between the lines.
Even water needs sunscreen when the stars are this close.
We're well-protected from solar radiation. But what about life on other planets and moons? Could it survive?
Could we use space debris to find technologically advanced life on other planets?
Big surprises coming from little galaxies…
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What can moons orbiting asteroids tell us about the formation of our solar system?
A San Francisco researcher is looking for life not so far away.
Ring in the New Year with a couple of comets and a megamaser. Plus, we remember astrophysicist Vera Rubin.
Two distant stars may soon merge, creating a luminous red nova and possibly quite a show!
Astronomers are getting closer to solving the origins of Fast Radio Bursts, or FRBs.
Even water needs sunscreen when the stars are this close.
