Please note: The Academy will close at 3 pm on April 25 for Big Bang Gala.
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What do MESSENGER, CALIPSO and SMART-1 have in common? The answer is in another acronym: NASA
Astronomers have a… complicated… relationship with names. Sometimes we get it right.
Despite being quackery, can astrology connect people to the real science of astronomy?
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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.
