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A portion of the Large Hadron Collider. Credit: ATLAS Experiment at CERN/Flickr.

How to reboot the Large Hadron Collider

Syntrichia caninervis

Human Spaceflight, Science, Space Exploration, Uncategorized

Hardy desert moss might survive on Mars

TIC365102760 b, shown in this artist’s concept, is nicknamed Phoenix because of its ability to be very near a red giant star and yet survive the intense radiation. Credit: Roberto Molar Candanosa/Johns Hopkins University.

Exoplanets, Science, Uncategorized

Neptune-like planet ‘Phoenix’ baffles astronomers with its atmosphere

The Prague astronomical clock. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Science, Uncategorized

The secrets and scandal of the Prague astronomical clock

Exotic Objects, Uncategorized

The rumblings that led to the ‘alien spheres’ probably came from a truck

Person looking up at the night sky and Milky Way

Astronomy for beginners, Science, Uncategorized

How should we classify the cosmos?

The Advanced Imaging Conference was established in 2004 and served amateur astronomers who loved capturing photos of sky objects spectacular well for 20 years. Credit: AIC

Advanced Imaging Conference calls it quits

This illustration shows the approximate sizes of the planets relative to each other. The planets are not shown at the appropriate distance from the Sun. Credit: NASA.

The best times to see planets with a small telescope

Daniela Mata

Astronomy welcomes Daniela Mata

Strange Universe: Avoiding a galaxy-sized ego