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Universe Today (Top 5 items)

1. The Big Dipper Like You?ve Never Seen It Before! (Wed May 16 6:03 pm)
   All right, it may look just like any other picture you’ve ever seen of the Big Dipper. Maybe even a little less impressive, in fact. But, unlike any other picture, this one was taken from 290 million km away by NASA’s Juno spacecraft...
2. 4,700 Asteroids Want to Kill You (Wed May 16 4:38 pm)
   There are now 4,700 asteroids out there — plus or minus 1,500 - that are considered Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs). This is the latest and best assessment yet of our solar system’s population of Near Earth Objects that have...
3. Beautiful Night Launch for Ariane 5 (Wed May 16 3:10 pm)
   Practice your French counting skills and enjoy a beautiful night launch all in one fell swoop! An Ariane 5 rocket launched last night (May 15 at 22:13 GMT) from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, sending two telecommunications satellites...
4. See the Winners of the Earth & Sky Photo Contest (Wed May 16 11:37 am)
   Enjoy this delightful video put together by Babek Tafreshi from The World At Night showing the winners of the third International Earth and Sky Photo Contest. With the theme of ?Dark Skies Importance,? these are lovely landscape astrophotos,...
5. Opportunity Roving Mars Once Again (Wed May 16 10:00 am)
   After spending 19 weeks working in one place during the Martian winter in Meridian Planum, the Opportunity Mars rover is now roving once again. During the winter, available solar power was too low for driving, but on May 8th (here on Earth),...

EurekaAlert Space News (Top 5 items)

1. 3-telescope interferometry allows astrophysicists to observe how black holes are fueled (Tue May 15 11:00 pm)
   (University of California - Santa Barbara) By combining the light of three powerful infrared telescopes, an international research team has observed the active accretion phase of a supermassive black hole in the center of a galaxy tens of millions...
2. Baby galaxies grew up quickly (Tue May 15 11:00 pm)
   (University of Copenhagen) Baby galaxies from the young universe more than 12 billion years ago evolved faster than previously thought, shows new research from the Niels Bohr Institute. This means that already in the early history of the universe,...
3. Astronomers discovered ancient Egyptian observations of a variable star (Tue May 15 11:00 pm)
   (University of Helsinki) Astronomers of University of Helsinki can now explain why the period of Algol has increased by about 0.017 days. The period increase during the past three millennia could have been caused by the observed mass transfer...
4. Bright future for solar power in space (Tue May 15 11:00 pm)
   (University of Strathclyde) Solar power gathered in space could be set to provide the renewable energy of the future thanks to innovative research being carried out by engineers at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.
5. A deeper look at Centaurus A (Tue May 15 11:00 pm)
   (ESO) The strange galaxy Centaurus A is pictured in a new image from the European Southern Observatory. With a total exposure time of more than 50 hours this is probably the deepest view of this peculiar and spectacular object every created....

Bad Astronomy Blog (Top 5 items)

1. Science Getaways: T- 4 months (Wed May 16 2:34 pm)
   Science Getaways is a company my wife and I started so that science enthusiasts (and you better face it, since you’re reading this, that’s you) can go on a vacation that has extra science added. For me, science isn’t a career...
2. Prairie Light: Alberta Aurora (Wed May 16 11:57 am)
   Every now and again my work piles up and I can feel that edge of panic start to set in. Then I saw a video and my brain let out a nice long sigh (brains are remarkable that way): Alberta Aurora – Prairie Light, a lovely time lapse that...
3. The long reach of the Centaur's dark heart (Wed May 16 8:21 am)
   Every now again I get surprised by a photo, showing me something I didn’t know about. And I love it even more when that surprise is from an object I thought I knew! So check out this incredible image of the nearby galaxy Centaurus A,...
4. Big Picture Science: Antivaxxers (and updates) (Tue May 15 12:15 pm)
   I do a roughly monthly segment with astronomer Seth Shostak on Big Picture Science, a radio show/podcast done by The SETI Institute. This month, Seth and I talked about the American Airlines dustup when they were planning to run an interview...
5. Help find Hubble's Hidden Treasures (Tue May 15 10:00 am)
   I worked with Hubble Space Telescope data for about ten years, and one of the most amazing things about that was seeing the images fresh off the mirror. Knowing that no human on Earth had ever seen that particular object that sharply was a...

Space.com News (Top 5 items)

1. World's Largest Solar Eclipse Party Takes Over Football Stadium Sunday (Wed May 16 5:04 pm)
   The University of Colorado's Folsom Stadium will be invaded by sun-watching enthusiasts on May 20.
2. Constellations: The Zodiac Constellation Names (Wed May 16 4:18 pm)
   There are 13 popular constellations in the zodiac. But these are just some of the star constellations astronomers use to divide the sky.
3. SpaceX Launching Student Experiments and Emblems on 1st Space Station Flight (Wed May 16 3:40 pm)
   Fifteen experiments and mission patches designed by students will ride SpaceX's Dragon.
4. How to Spot Asteroid Juno in the Night Sky (Wed May 16 3:05 pm)
   Tips for how to spot the asteroid Juno in the sky this week.
5. Solar Eclipse: What is a Total Solar Eclipse & When is the Next One? (Tue May 8 9:55 am)
   Total solar eclipses are one of Nature's grandest events. What is a total solar eclipse? How do they work? And when is the next one? We explain.

Science@NASA (Top 5 items)

1. Geminid Meteors Defy Explanation (Thu Dec 9 2:00 pm)
   The annual Geminid meteor shower peaks this year on Dec. 13th and 14th. Researchers don't fully understand the Geminids, and new measurements make it more mysterious than ever. Please vote for this podcast at PodcastAlley! Get this...
2. "Arsenic-Bug" Redefines Life as We Know It (Thu Dec 2 2:00 pm)
   NASA-supported researchers have discovered the first known microorganism on Earth able to thrive and reproduce using the toxic chemical arsenic. The microorganism, which lives in California's Mono Lake, substitutes arsenic for phosphorus...
3. Alien Comets Invade the Solar System (Tue Nov 23 2:00 pm)
   Some of the comets in our Solar System probably came from other stars, according to new research by NASA-supported scientists. Studying these 'alien' comets, they say, could reveal new information about stellar systems far, far away. ...
4. Hubble Observes Possible Asteroid Collision (Wed Oct 13 1:00 am)
   NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured rare images of a suspected asteroid collision. The snapshots show a bizarre X-shaped object at the head of a comet-like trail of material. Their findings will be published in the Oct. 14th issue...

Astronomer's Telegrams (Top 5 items)

1. ATel 4113: Four OTs discovered by MASTER (Wed Dec 31 6:00 pm)
   MASTER OT J123647.53+382036.9 - PSN MASTER-Tunka auto-detection system discovered OT source at (RA, Dec) = 12h 36m 47.53s +38d 20m 36.9s on 2012-05-14.75340 UT. ...
2. ATel 4112: CSS120422:111127+571239: A New SU UMa CV Below the Period Minimum (Wed Dec 31 6:00 pm)
   We report spectroscopic observations of the optical transient CSS120422:111127+571239 (aka SBS1108+574) which shows superhump oscillations with a period of 0.93 hours (vsnet-alert 14480). ...
3. ATel 4111: Detection of a new Galactic Center X-ray source: Swift J174444.9-295042 (Wed Dec 31 6:00 pm)
   In conjunction with the Vista Variables in the Via Lactea's (VVV) intensive Bulge monitoring program, we have arranged a Swift monitoring program of a large region of the inner Galactic Bulge; see ATel #4109 for a description of this program,...
4. ATel 4110: Detection of hard X-ray emission from Nova Sgr 2012 with Swift (Wed Dec 31 6:00 pm)
   We observed Nova Sgr 2012 (PNV J17452791-2305213) with the Swift satellite on 2012 May 10, 40 days after the discovery of this nova. The total exposure time with the XRT instrument was 6280 s. ...
5. ATel 4109: A Swift detection of AX J1754.2-2754: renewed activity, or evidence of persistent accretion? (Wed Dec 31 6:00 pm)
   In conjunction with the Vista Variables in the Via Lactea's intensive Bulge monitoring program, we have arranged a Swift monitoring program of a large region of the inner Galactic Bulge. ...