Posts with Tag: Stars
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Posted on 13th Feb 2026
There's an automated program running out of Ohio State University that searches the visible night sky every day for things that flare up or explode. Called the All-Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae (or ASAS-SN), the most high-profile targets are new supernovae, but in amongst those headliners it...
Posted on 8th Aug 2025
Betelgeuse is possibly the most talked about star in the night sky. It might be the best known, and it's certainly one of the showiest. It's usually the 10th brightest star we can see, but it does go through very well publicised (at this point) cycles of brightening and dimming. A pulsating variab...
Being almost the holidays, this might be a good time to talk about space tourism. Let’s…
DART is the mission based on the Hollywood blockbuster Armageddon. You know, the…
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