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Along Oppy’s 28 mile long discovery journey the rover has accumulated scientific information on Martian geology & its thin atmosphere.

.@AstroAndMusic discusses the MIDAS system for monitoring flashes and meteor impact on the Moon from small Earth-based telescopes.

We have no idea how old the Universe is. 12.8 or 13.8.

The first stars were weird. What’s the connection between the first stars and giant black holes? Was every galaxy once a quasar?

In 2006, Pluto was officially stripped of its planetary status. Now that debate is being reignited with some astronomers calling for the reinstatement of Pluto as a planet, arguing that the icy world should never have been demoted in the first place. So what is the deal? Is Pluto a planet?