astronomy
![Scientists Think This Asteroid Was an Alien Spacecraft](https://archive.nerdist.com/wp-content/themes/Legendary_Network/img/fallbacks/646x538.jpg)
Scientists Think This Asteroid Was an Alien Spacecraft
![How Long Would it Take the Moon to Fall?](https://archive.nerdist.com/wp-content/themes/Legendary_Network/img/fallbacks/646x538.jpg)
How Long Would it Take the Moon to Fall?
![Astronomers Observe First Stars That Ever Existed](https://archive.nerdist.com/wp-content/themes/Legendary_Network/img/fallbacks/646x538.jpg)
Astronomers Observe First Stars That Ever Existed
!['Alien Megastructure' is Almost Certainly Just Pockets of Dust](https://archive.nerdist.com/wp-content/themes/Legendary_Network/img/fallbacks/646x538.jpg)
'Alien Megastructure' is Almost Certainly Just Pockets of Dust
![Humans Have Just Seen an Interstellar Asteroid for the First Time Ever](https://archive.nerdist.com/wp-content/themes/Legendary_Network/img/fallbacks/646x538.jpg)
Humans Have Just Seen an Interstellar Asteroid for the First Time Ever
![What Happens If You Break Thor's Hammer?](https://archive.nerdist.com/wp-content/themes/Legendary_Network/img/fallbacks/646x538.jpg)
What Happens If You Break Thor's Hammer?
![How We Might Get the First-Ever Photo of a Black Hole](https://archive.nerdist.com/wp-content/themes/Legendary_Network/img/fallbacks/646x538.jpg)
How We Might Get the First-Ever Photo of a Black Hole
![Sunsets on Tatooine Look Even Better With Science](https://archive.nerdist.com/wp-content/themes/Legendary_Network/img/fallbacks/646x538.jpg)
Sunsets on Tatooine Look Even Better With Science
![Spooky Science: What Happens if the Earth Stops Orbiting the Sun?](https://archive.nerdist.com/wp-content/themes/Legendary_Network/img/fallbacks/646x538.jpg)
Spooky Science: What Happens if the Earth Stops Orbiting the Sun?
![Gravitational Waves are Made Simple in This Easy-To-Understand Demonstration](https://archive.nerdist.com/wp-content/themes/Legendary_Network/img/fallbacks/646x538.jpg)
Gravitational Waves are Made Simple in This Easy-To-Understand Demonstration
![Stellar Star Comparison Video Puts Almost Everything Into Perspective](https://archive.nerdist.com/wp-content/themes/Legendary_Network/img/fallbacks/646x538.jpg)
Stellar Star Comparison Video Puts Almost Everything Into Perspective
![This Legally Blind Astronomer Has Superhero Night Vision](https://archive.nerdist.com/wp-content/themes/Legendary_Network/img/fallbacks/646x538.jpg)
This Legally Blind Astronomer Has Superhero Night Vision
![On Demand Meteor Showers Are About to Be a Thing](https://archive.nerdist.com/wp-content/themes/Legendary_Network/img/fallbacks/646x538.jpg)
On Demand Meteor Showers Are About to Be a Thing
![What Does](https://archive.nerdist.com/wp-content/themes/Legendary_Network/img/fallbacks/646x538.jpg)
What Does "Mercury in Retrograde" Really Mean?
![Jupiter Just Got Hammered by a Comet/Asteroid](https://archive.nerdist.com/wp-content/themes/Legendary_Network/img/fallbacks/646x538.jpg)
Jupiter Just Got Hammered by a Comet/Asteroid
![The Night Skies of Los Angeles Become a Beautiful Dream Without Light Pollution](https://archive.nerdist.com/wp-content/themes/Legendary_Network/img/fallbacks/646x538.jpg)
The Night Skies of Los Angeles Become a Beautiful Dream Without Light Pollution
![Study Suggests the Ninth Planet in Our Solar System Lurks Beyond Pluto](https://archive.nerdist.com/wp-content/themes/Legendary_Network/img/fallbacks/646x538.jpg)
Study Suggests the Ninth Planet in Our Solar System Lurks Beyond Pluto
![David Bowie Gets a “Constellation” from Belgian Astronomers](https://archive.nerdist.com/wp-content/themes/Legendary_Network/img/fallbacks/646x538.jpg)
David Bowie Gets a “Constellation” from Belgian Astronomers
![There’s a UFO Named WTF and It’s Gonna Crash Land in November](https://archive.nerdist.com/wp-content/themes/Legendary_Network/img/fallbacks/646x538.jpg)
There’s a UFO Named WTF and It’s Gonna Crash Land in November
![Short Film Inspired by 20th Century Astronomer Carl Sagan](https://archive.nerdist.com/wp-content/themes/Legendary_Network/img/fallbacks/646x538.jpg)
Short Film Inspired by 20th Century Astronomer Carl Sagan
![Hypervelocity Star Could Blast Its Way Out of the Milky Way](https://archive.nerdist.com/wp-content/themes/Legendary_Network/img/fallbacks/646x538.jpg)
Hypervelocity Star Could Blast Its Way Out of the Milky Way
![This Planet’s Rings are 200 Times Larger Than Saturn’s](https://archive.nerdist.com/wp-content/themes/Legendary_Network/img/fallbacks/646x538.jpg)
This Planet’s Rings are 200 Times Larger Than Saturn’s
![The Sun Perfectly Illuminates a Veterans Day Memorial Each Year](https://archive.nerdist.com/wp-content/themes/Legendary_Network/img/fallbacks/646x538.jpg)
The Sun Perfectly Illuminates a Veterans Day Memorial Each Year
![These Are the Best Astronomy Photos From Last Year](https://archive.nerdist.com/wp-content/themes/Legendary_Network/img/fallbacks/646x538.jpg)
These Are the Best Astronomy Photos From Last Year
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