Look, Up in the Sky. It's A Bird. No It's A Meteorite!
Astronomy / Comets and Asteroids
Most folks probably think of swallows and the ringing of the Mission bells when the words San Juan Capistrano are heard or seen. This is a popular tradition that celebrates the return of cliff swallow continue reading this fact
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Starburst, No, Not The Candy
Astronomy / Deep Space
A starburst galaxy is a galaxy experiencing a period of intense star forming activity. Although this activity may last for ten million years or more, that is like a month in the life of a ten billion continue reading this fact
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The Strange Spires of Callisto
Astronomy / Solar System
When NASA's adventurous Galileo spacecraft skimmed a mere 138 km, (123 miles) above the surface of Jupiter's moon Callisto, onboard cameras captured the sharpest pictures ever of that moon's mysteriou continue reading this fact
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