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Andre Brahic, discoverer of Neptune's rings, dies aged 73
Phys.org - 15 May 2016 22:51
French astrophysicist Andre Brahic, one of the discoverers of Neptune's rings, died in Paris Sunday at the age of 73, his publisher Odile Jacob said.
GEOINT 2016 Special Coverage
Space News - 15 May 2016 18:34
The GEOINT 2016 Symposium May 15-18 in Orlando, Florida, features the usual heavy hitters, including the directors of the National Reconnaissance Office and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. SpaceNews is bringing ...
"Milky Way's Dark Disk" --Did It Seed Existence of the Central Supermassive Black Hole? (Weekend Most Popular)
The Daily Galaxy - 15 May 2016 16:49
A team of Harvard physicists investigating whether the newly proposed form of dark matter may play a role in one of the largest mysteries in astrophysics: how the massive black holes at the centers of galaxies form. "One...
This Week at NASA - Mercury Transit, Dragon Return and More
SpaceRef - 15 May 2016 15:59
The planet Mercury's transit of the sun on May 9 provided an opportunity for sky-watchers throughout the U.S. to witness a rare celestial event that happens only about 13 times a century....
Kinked Vortices
Bad Astronomy - 15 May 2016 15:15
Wow! What a great example of von Kármán vortices! This image, taken by Landsat 8 on May 3, 2016, shows a layer of stratocumulus clouds over the southern Indian Ocean. Poking above the layer is Mawson peak, a stratovolc...