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On December 19, 2012, a trio of Expedition 34 crewmembers are scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and head towards their home in space for six months, the International Space Station. Among the...

When Edwin Hubble observed that distant galaxies are speeding away from us in all directions, he discovered the reality that we live in an expanding Universe. Hubble worked to calculate exactly how fast this expansion is...

This week’s Carnival of Space is hosted by Brian Wang at Next Big Future. Click here to read Carnival of Space #279 And if you’re interested in looking back, here’s an archive to all the past Carniva...

Sir Patrick Moore. Credit: sirpatrickmoore.com Astronomers, both professional and amateur, throughout the world, were saddened yesterday to hear of the death of Sir Patrick Moore. He was the reason many of them became in...