The Swift spacecraft reboost mission has failed
Swift has a few months at most before it burns up in Earth’s atmosphere
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Pop stars and community science (not what you think)
Stellar populations are tricky in an xkcd comic; a better name for citizen science
An optical illusion that’s ripe for the picking
Deceptive package coloring fools the eye
Announcing: A Science Getaways Vacation
Virginia is for Science (and Wine) Lovers
Astronomy can be annoying sometimes
Our 2D view makes things difficult. Plus: Pluto’s atmosphere is freezing out
Echoes of light show our galaxy’s spiral arms are more wide-flung than we thought
Distant flashes of light and a quirk of trig help astronomers map the Milky Way
Will the dying sun eat Earth or not?
When the sun becomes red giant, it may not consume our planet after all. Plus: Watch the Perseid meteors shower this week!
Earth and moon glow in the heat of infrared
Our system seen from afar by a Mars-bound spacecraft. Plus, the weight of Earth’s air. Like, in total.
Psyche’s Mars, and another test to see why antimatter is different than matter
Very cool animations of Mars as the spacecraft flew by. Plus, antimatter is still baffling.
SpaceX rocket booster will hit the moon on Wednesday
The impact flash might — might — be visible to telescopes on Earth