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- 23 May 2019, 06:00 UTC OSIRIS-REx is looking for a few good citizen scientists
- 22 May 2019, 19:51 UTC Scientists spot buried remnants of polar ice sheets on Mars
- 21 May 2019, 13:01 UTC Huge early impact may explain Moon’s different hemispheres
- 20 May 2019, 14:32 UTC Galactic hit-and-run collision spawns firestorm of starbirth in its wake
- 20 May 2019, 13:33 UTC Maps of Moon’s south pole provide context for astronaut visits
- 19 May 2019, 14:02 UTC See the Moon and Jupiter get close in the small hours of 21 May
- 17 May 2019, 14:08 UTC Lunar orbiter pinpoints Israeli Beresheet crash site
- 15 May 2019, 12:30 UTC Precision ground tracking critical to Gaia mapping
- 14 May 2019, 18:44 UTC If it looks like a duck… it might be frost on Mars
- 14 May 2019, 15:41 UTC Re-analysis of Apollo seismic data indicates Moon still active
- 13 May 2019, 13:05 UTC NASA’s Mars 2020 rover coming together at JPL
- 13 May 2019, 12:05 UTC OSIRIS-REx images show asteroid Bennu’s rubble pile appearance
- 9 May 2019, 14:00 UTC New observations hint at how early galaxies lit up cosmos
- 8 May 2019, 15:49 UTC Spitzer Space Telescope puts M87’s black hole in context
- 7 May 2019, 20:02 UTC Black hole sports warped accretion disc, fast-moving jets
- 6 May 2019, 15:48 UTC Astronomers eager to study asteroid during 2029 close flyby of Earth
- 6 May 2019, 15:29 UTC See the Moon buzz the Beehive Cluster on 10-11 May
- 5 May 2019, 15:48 UTC Hubble mosaic merges 7,500 observations into stunning legacy ‘deep field’
- 5 May 2019, 15:21 UTC Upgraded LIGO and Virgo stations observe multiple gravity wave events
- 30 Apr 2019, 15:10 UTC Rock that hit moon during lunar eclipse likely impacted at 61,000 kph
- 30 Apr 2019, 14:15 UTC ALMA focuses on factors influencing star birth in nearby galaxies
- 30 Apr 2019, 06:50 UTC Seeing double (and triple) in the spring sky
- 27 Apr 2019, 02:01 UTC Hubble constant mismatch no fluke; new physics may be needed
- 24 Apr 2019, 05:18 UTC French seismometer detects first likely “marsquake”
- 23 Apr 2019, 13:39 UTC SOFIA captures magnetic tapestry at the core of M82
- 23 Apr 2019, 13:04 UTC Five long-period exoplanets found after 20 years of observation
- 22 Apr 2019, 17:23 UTC Mercury has a heart of iron; literally
- 20 Apr 2019, 06:00 UTC Jupiter-size star generates titanic white-light ‘superflare’
- 19 Apr 2019, 14:36 UTC A third planet found in binary star system
- 18 Apr 2019, 14:53 UTC Hubble marks 29th anniversary with remarkable view of Southern Crab
- 18 Apr 2019, 14:27 UTC Catch sight of a celestial owl flying overhead in the spring sky
- 18 Apr 2019, 13:08 UTC SOFIA detects long-sought primeval molecule
- 17 Apr 2019, 06:00 UTC Cassini’s last look at Titan reveals more surprises
- 16 Apr 2019, 06:00 UTC Mars methane mystery deepens with ExoMars data
- 15 Apr 2019, 15:11 UTC TESS finds its first Earth-size planet and a sub-Neptune sibling
- 14 Apr 2019, 00:44 UTC With a half-million stars, Messier 3 reveals a splendid deep space tapestry
- 13 Apr 2019, 20:05 UTC Curiosity drills into clay unit; InSight ‘mole’ tests continue
- 11 Apr 2019, 21:05 UTC Israeli probe crashes in attempt to become first privately-funded Moon lander
- 11 Apr 2019, 15:48 UTC Live coverage: Israel’s Beresheet spacecraft on course for Moon landing today
- 11 Apr 2019, 15:46 UTC Privately-funded Israeli probe set for daring Moon landing attempt
- 10 Apr 2019, 17:49 UTC ‘Virtual’ telescope captures first direct image of black hole
- 10 Apr 2019, 16:09 UTC BepiColombo ready for long cruise to Mercury
- 10 Apr 2019, 15:02 UTC See Mercury and Venus in a dark, pre-dawn sky from the Southern Hemisphere
- 5 Apr 2019, 15:33 UTC Fresh images of the Moon, courtesy of Israeli lander
- 5 Apr 2019, 06:00 UTC Dust-choked doughnut detected around gargantuan black hole
- 4 Apr 2019, 17:42 UTC Israeli lunar lander slips into orbit around the moon
- 4 Apr 2019, 14:07 UTC Watch asteroid Pallas’s close brush with star Eta Boötis near Arcturus on 10 April
- 4 Apr 2019, 06:00 UTC Parker Solar Probe makes second close pass by Sun
- 3 Apr 2019, 13:49 UTC Upgrades to gravity wave detectors promise more discoveries
- 1 Apr 2019, 14:23 UTC Spitzer spies a stellar nursery floating in space like a cosmic butterfly
