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20 March 2019

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[ 19 March 2019 ] Ultima Thule answers – and raises – questions about early solar system News
[ 18 March 2019 ] Astronomers find 83 quasars already shining in early universe News
[ 12 March 2019 ] NASA selects nine teams to study unopened Apollo moon samples News
[ 11 March 2019 ] Milky Way tips the scales at 1.5 trillion solar masses News
[ 6 March 2019 ] Mars “mole” struggles to hammer its way past obstacles News

Viewing the moon through a VERY large telescope

27 December 2018 Astronomy Now

While removing a decommissioned instrument from one of the four telescopes making up the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope, astronomers took time to enjoy an unprecedented view of the Moon.

Infant galactic supercluster found in early universe

18 October 2018 Astronomy Now

Astronomers have found a proto-supercluster of galaxies in the very early universe, the most massive structure yet found in the immediate aftermath of the Big Bang.