"There should be a lot of this material floating around."

Scientists say we'll soon discover more interstellar visitors

Sky Eye

Researchers say new observational equipment could help spot hundreds more interstellar visitors, like 'Oumuamua, every year.

Scientists Say We’ll Soon Discover More Interstellar Visitors

"Or we’ll discover multiple dead civilizations — that is, we’ll find their remains."

"We really had to scramble for this one since we got the final details at 3:00 am and were observing it by 4:45!”

Here's a pic of that mysterious object from beyond solar system

Alien Comet

Thanks to the Gemini Observatory, we get a closer look at the object called C/2019 Q4 (Borisov), a comet believed to be from beyond our solar system.

Here’s a Pic of That Mysterious Object From Beyond Solar System

Behold: a visitor from beyond.

A newly detected comet shows all the signs of being interstellar.

An interstellar object may have just entered our solar system

Interstellar 2

Astronomers believe they may have detected a second interstellar object, but unlike 'Oumuamua, this one is on its way into our solar system.

An Interstellar Object May Have Just Entered Our Solar System

"It's the next-best thing to sending a probe to a different solar system."

One of the signals repeated a total of 10 times.

Astronomers detect eight new potential alien signals

Repeat That

Astronomers have reported finding eight new repeating fast radio bursts, potential alien signals, brining the total number of known repeaters up to 10.

Astronomers Detect Eight New Potential Alien Signals

The number of known repeating FRBs just jumped from two to 10.

And an amateur astronomer was able to capture it on camera.

Something enormous just smashed into Jupiter

Big Hit

Jupiter got hit by something so big on Wednesday that a photographer was able to capture the impact using a telescope in his backyard.

Something Enormous Just Smashed Into Jupiter

"I've never seen anything like that before."

Turning Earth Into a Telescope | The Terrascope

Bigger is better with telescopes — and it doesn't get much bigger than this.

Astronomer: We can use Earth's atmosphere as a massive telescope

Meet: The Terrascope

Columbia University's David Kipping thinks we could transform Earth's atmosphere into a planet-sized telescope he'd dubbed the "terrascope."

Astronomer: We Can Use Earth’s Atmosphere as a Massive Telescope

His "terrascope" could transform astronomy.

"We have known for years that these stars explode, but we have terrible ideas of why they explode."

NASA's exoplanet-hunting satellite discovers mysterious supernova

Cosmic Fireworks

NASA's TESS satellite analyzed its first supernova, inadvertently revealing that astronomers made some wrong assumptions about the explosions.

NASA’s Exoplanet-Hunting Satellite Discovers Mysterious Supernova

TESS spotted its first supernova and challenged astronomers' assumptions.

"It was a test of our fortitude. This mountain is like our last stand."

Native Hawaiians protest at new observatory's construction site

Clashing Values

Hundreds of protesters in Hawaii blocked the start of construction on the Thirty Meter Telescope observatory, which would be built over cultural landmarks.

Native Hawaiians Protest at New Observatory’s Construction Site

The Thirty Meter Telescope would be built on a culturally-significant summit.

"...we now finally have the instruments to make direct observations and begin answering questions about how our solar system formed and how other planets might form."

Scientists spot distant gas giant still forming new moons

Celestial Gas Cloud

A team of astronomers just saw for the first time a gas giant planet actively forming new moons out of a cloud of gas and dust.

Scientists Spot Distant Gas Giant Still Forming New Moons

It's the first observation of a Jupiter-like planet actively forming a moon.

"We found that the [radio burst] was located away from the galaxy's core, out in the 'galactic suburbs.'"

Astronomers traced a mysterious radio burst to a distant galaxy

Cosmic Stalker

Astronomers traced a mysterious, fleeting radio burst from space back to the galaxy from which it originated for the first time.

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