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The larger galaxy, dubbed the "Death Star Galaxy" by NASA astronomers, has an energetic jet directed towards its companion. The discovery was announced by NASA on 18 December 2007. Observation of the enormous jet was possible due to the combined efforts of both space and ground-based telescopes.
Thuban becomes the North Star. [154] 27,800 AD Polaris again is the North Star. [155] 27,000 years The eccentricity of Earth's orbit will reach a minimum, 0.00236 (it is now 0.01671). [156] [157] 66,270 AD Sirius becomes the South Star at 1.6° of the south celestial pole, due to the combination of precession and its own proper motion. [158 ...
The second Death Star is featured on the cover of the book Star Wars: Aftermath (2015), which also features many flashbacks to the destruction of the second Death Star, as well as the events directly after its destruction. One of the main characters in the story personally escaped the explosion of the Death Star.
Stargazers should prepare to lose sleep on Tuesday, Aug. 12, as two celestial sights unfold. The first event will be visible before sunrise and will feature the two brightest planets in the sky ...
In an event that sounds more like an episode of 'Star Wars' than one of reality, scientists have discovered evidence of a death star literally ripping a planet apart with its gravity.
Nemesis is a hypothetical red dwarf [1] or brown dwarf, [2] originally postulated in 1984 [3] to be orbiting the Sun at a distance of about 95,000 AU (1.5 light-years), [2] somewhat beyond the Oort cloud, to explain a perceived cycle of mass extinctions in the geological record, which seem to occur more often at intervals of 26 million years.
Saturn's moon Mimas is known for its uncanny resemblance to the dreaded Death Star in the original "Star Wars" movie. Astronomers said on Wednesday that data obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft ...
International Year of Astronomy (IYA 2009) In 2009, the United States Dark Sky Week becomes International Dark Sky Week [13] [14] 8 2010 13–14 April [15] [16] 9 2011 3 April The world's first International Dark Sky City was founded in Flagstaff, AZ [17] [18] 10 2012 21 April 11 2013 10 April 12 2014 April 20–26 29 April [19] 13 2015 April ...