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In this “movie mini,” Matt and Emily discuss the sci-fi film Arrival (2016), based on Ted Chiang’s novella Story of Your Life.
A new video shows changes in Kepler’s Supernova Remnant using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory captured over more than two and a half decades with observations taken in 2000, 2004, 2006, 2014, and 2025. In this video, which is the . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
Celebrate the New Year with the “Champagne Cluster,” a galaxy cluster seen in this new image from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and optical telescopes.
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The dual celestial events will ring in the new year, although the luminous “wolf” supermoon may hamper skywatchers’ view of the shooting stars
Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how we wonder . . . well, where to even begin? We brought in one of the Museum’s astronomy educators for a stellar conversation about the birth, life, and death of stars.
Join us for an out-of-this-world program celebrating the release of the new Dr. Vera Rubin quarter! Part of the American Women Quarters™ Program, which celebrates the accomplishments and contributions made by women in the United States, the . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.