Astronomy news

1. German-Russian Astronomy Satellite Launches

   Spektrum-Röntgen-Gamma, a long-delayed and much-modified X-ray astronomy package, launched successfully from the Kazakh Steppe on Saturday.

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2. Live from the Moon: How Earth Saw the First Steps of Apollo 11

   Neil Armstrong's and Buzz Aldrin's first steps on the Moon changed the world. But that the world would see them wasn't a given.

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3. Thirty Meter Telescope Set to Begin Construction

   Hawaiian Governor David Ige and the Thirty Meter Telescope International Observatory have announced that construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope will begin the week of July 15th.

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4. Sky-surveying Telescopes Sweep Up Near-Earth Asteroids

   Discoveries include a near-Earth asteroid with the shortest “year” and another found hours before it burned up in Earth’s atmosphere.

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5. Exomoon or No Exomoon?

   Last October, the first discovery of a potential exomoon was announced. But is Kepler-1625b-i an actual moon in another solar system? Or just an artifact of data reduction?

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