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Month: January 2019

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Hubble stumbles on previously unseen dwarf galaxy

31 January 2019 Astronomy Now

Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope to determine the age of a globular cluster stumbled on a previously unknown, relatively nearby dwarf galaxy.

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Watch the International Space Station pass overhead from the UK

31 January 2019 Ade Ashford

Have you ever seen the International Space Station (ISS)? It’s capable of exceeding Venus at its brightest and visible for up to 7 minutes as it crawls across the sky in an arc from west to east. Find out when and where to see some favourable passes of this 450-tonne, 109-metre-long spacecraft over the British Isles and Western Europe this week.

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X-ray observations suggest dark energy may be growing stronger

30 January 2019 Astronomy Now

Using quasars as “standard candles,” astronomers say they’ve been able to measure the effects of dark energy back to within a billion years of the Big Bang.

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Curiosity takes a final selfie from Vera Rubin Ridge

30 January 2019 Astronomy Now

NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover snapped a final selfie from Vera Rubin Ridge on the slopes of Gale Crater before moving on to study nearby clay-bearing soil.

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A whopping 1.6 petabytes of Pan-STARRS data now available

28 January 2019 Astronomy Now

The second edition of the Pan-STARRS digital sky survey includes 1.6 petabytes of data, the richest astronomical volume ever released.

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Oldest Earth rock found on Moon? Maybe

28 January 2019 Astronomy Now

Researchers have identified a rock sample brought back from the Moon by the Apollo 14 crew in 1971 that may be the oldest Earth rock ever found

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A fresh crater in the red planet’s southern ice cap

27 January 2019 Astronomy Now

A meteoroid crashed into Mars between July and September 2018, penetrating the thin southern ice cap and excavating dark sub-surface sand, a very noticeable blemish on an otherwise pristine surface.

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New Horizons sends back best picture yet of Ultima Thule

25 January 2019 Astronomy Now

NASA’s New Horizons probe has beamed back the highest resolution view yet of Ultima Thule, the twin-lobe Kuiper Belt body it flew by on 1 January.

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Opportunity rover logs 15 years on Mars

24 January 2019 Astronomy Now

NASA’s Opportunity Mars rover landed on the red planet 15 years ago 24 January; engineers are still attempting contact in the wake of a global dust storm last year.

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Jet from Milky Way’s central black hole may be facing Earth

24 January 2019 Astronomy Now

High-resolution virtual views of the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole indicate one if its powerful jets could be aimed roughly in the direction of Earth.

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  • Nova outburst in Centaurus
    24 September 2025
  • Astronomy Now relaunches digital platform
    12 September 2025
  • Potentially habitable planet TRAPPIST-1e displays tentative evidence for an atmosphere
    8 September 2025
  • Ten-Year Lease Extension Confirmed at Herstmonceux Observatory
    18 August 2025
  • Graphic showing the close conjunction of Jupiter and Venus with other stars and contellations marked on a dark sky, above a horizon with trees in silhouette.
    Venus and Jupiter’s bright morning conjunction
    10 August 2025
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