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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 completed a successful launch today, propelling a Dragon cargo capsule into orbit and showing that the private sector may indeed be ready…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 (GRBs) have been routinely observed by orbiting observatories, such as NASA’s Fermi and Swift spacecraft, and astronomers are planning on using them…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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 are getting closer to understanding the unexplained force that influences the laws of gravity throughout space. Newly published findings narrow down the possibilities of…