Catch a falling star – or at least part of one – in unusual meteorite auction
Irish Times
The auction is expected to attract interest from astronomers and a network of international collectors who specialise in this very niche field of collecting. The most expensive lot in the sale is a large chunk – weighing 5.8kg – of the “Hambleton” …

Scientists: Universes Could Make up "Multiverse"
International Business Times
Since physicists and astronomers don't have the technology or means to peer beyond our universe to see other universes, they are hoping to confirm their theory by looking for signs that our universe at one time collided with another universe. …

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Evidence grows for water on Mars
Financial Times
Ever since 19th-century astronomers imagined seeing Martian canals through their telescopes, stories about water on Mars have ebbed and flowed. Despite an intensive scientific search in recent years, no one has proved the …

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Birmingham Mail World View: Thursday 4th August 2011
Birmingham Mail
Earth once had a second moon, until it made the fatal mistake of smacking its big sister, some astronomers now theorize. For awhile when the Earth was young, it had a big moon, the one you see now, and a smaller "companion moon" orbiting above. …

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Popular star parties gives people a chance to explore the universe
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
The observatory is one of two such facilities run by the Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh. Things should be looking up Friday and Saturday at Mingo Creek County Park in Nottingham. The Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh will …

Scientists: We Live in a Bubble Inside a "Multiverse"
International Business Times
Since physicists and astronomers don't have the technology or means to peer beyond our universe to see other universes, they are hoping to confirm their theory by looking for signs that our universe at one time collided with another universe. …
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Earth's two moons?
Kuwait Times
WASHINGTON: Earth once had two moons, until one of them made the fatal mistake of smacking into its big sister in what is being called the "big splat," some astronomers theorize. The result: The planet was left with a single bulked-up and …

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Testing the Multiverse… Observationally!
Universe Today
The CMB has already allowed astronomers to map the network of large-scale structure in today's Universe from tiny fluctuations detected by WMAP. In a similar manner, some cosmologists have hoped to comb the CMB for disk-shaped patterns that would serve …

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Light Hero is Available For Free on iPhone App Store Now
IGN
First discovered inside the asteroid belt by astronomers in 2015, Phosphorium has been used as the primary energy source on Earth since 2045. Use your ship, the Warp Star, to move into the path of the mineral deposits and switch your energy beam to …

Brecon Beacons National Park bids for dark sky tourism
BBC News
Researchers are analysing the night sky above the park to measure light pollution and natural darkness. If it is successful, the park will be one of only eight in the world to gain dark sky status and could attract thousands of astronomers to the area.

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