Transit of Venus Starts on June 5, 2012
Venus is set to pass across the face of the sun in just a few days, giving astronomers around the world a view of the…
Space News
Galaxy Cluster Abell 2256 Undergoing Collisions
A large group of scientists is using radio images from the International LOFAR Telescope to study Abell 2256 and the collisions that this cluster, which…
Calculations Show the Ideal Time to Study the Cosmos
The time to study the cosmos is now. New calculations show that the expansion of the cosmos is accelerating, galaxies are being pushed beyond our…
Opportunity on the Western Rim of Endeavour Crater
NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has been exploring the edge of Endeavour Crater since August 2011, taking images and recording data about the environment. Like…
New Technique Leads to the Discovery of 5 New Pulsars
By combining observations from the Large Area Telescope and the Parkes Radio Telescope in Australia, scientists have found a new technique for hunting pulsars. The…
SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches, Dragon Capsule Headed Towards Space Station
SpaceX Falcon 9 completed a successful launch today, propelling a Dragon cargo capsule into orbit and showing that the private sector may indeed be ready…
Using Infrared Images from Hubble & Spitzer, Scientists Discover 25 Distant Galaxies
In an effort to further piece cosmic evolution together, astronomers have been using a combination of modern telescopes and infrared and submillimeter techniques. Using the…
Hubble Captures Image of NGC 891 in the Constellation of Andromeda
The Hubble Space Telescope captured this image of galaxy NGC 891, which is part of a small group of galaxies bound together by gravity in…
Hinode Mission to Observe Annular Solar Eclipse This Weekend
This coming weekend, May 20-21, 2012 will provide us with a view of an annular eclipse of the Sun, which NASA plans to observe and…
Newfound Exoplanet is Slowly Disintegrating
According to calculations, an exoplanet similar in size to Mercury and roughly 1,500 light years away, is slowly disintegrating and leaving behind a trail of…
Kepler Observations Suggest That Superflares Erupt in G2V-Type Stars
Solar flares happen when magnetic-field loops threading through sunspots get twisted and break, producing massive amounts of radiation that accelerate charged particles into space. The…
Gamma Ray Bursts Hold Clues to Chemical Composition of the Early Universe
Gamma ray bursts (GRBs) have been routinely observed by orbiting observatories, such as NASA’s Fermi and Swift spacecraft, and astronomers are planning on using them…
NEOWISE Data Reveals Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
New data from NEOWISE reveals a more credible estimate of the numbers and sizes of potentially hazardous asteroids, or PHAs, within our solar system. Observations…
Scientists Look to Space for Renewable Energy Source
Research is underway on new equipment that will allow solar power to be gathered in space and transferred back to earth through microwaves or lasers,…
Supernova Shock Wave Breaks Through a Cocoon of Gas
New observations from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory may help explain why some supernova explosions are more powerful than others, supporting the idea that some of…
Tiny “Spherules” Record Precise Information About Asteroid Impacts on Earth
A new method for extracting precise information from tiny “spherules” embedded in layers of rock has allowed researchers to record precise information about asteroids impacting…
NASA Prepares for Mars with Desert Rover Tests
In preparation for Curiosity’s exploration of Mount Sharp on Mars, NASA engineers took a test rover out to the desert for last-minute training in the…
Astrophysicists Zero In on How the Universe Responds to Gravity
Astrophysicists are getting closer to understanding the unexplained force that influences the laws of gravity throughout space. Newly published findings narrow down the possibilities of…
