How Do Planets Form? Semarkona Meteorite Shows Some Clues
It may seem all but impossible to determine how the Solar System formed, given that it happened roughly 4.5 billion…
Smart Robots Could Build ‘Snow Forts’ On The Moon One Day
The Moon is so close to us, and yet so far. Just last year the Chang'e-3 spacecraft and Yutu rover…
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NASA’s RapidScat Ocean Wind Watcher Starts Earth Science Operations at Space Station
Barely two months after being launched to the International Space Station (ISS), NASA’s first science payload aimed at conducting Earth…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 358: Modern Women: Sandra Faber
Our focus on female astronomers continues with Sandra Faber, and Professor of Astronomy at UC Santa Cruz. Faber was part…
We are not Alone: Government Sensors Shed New Light on Asteroid Hazards
How hazardous are the thousands and millions of asteroids that surround the third rock from the Sun – Earth? Since…
Darth Vader, Renaissance Man? How ‘Star Wars’ Could Have Looked Centuries Ago
You underestimate the power of Dark Side fashion. Imagine for a moment that Darth Vader was around during the same…
Where’s All The Antimatter?
One of the biggest mysteries in the Universe is the fact there there's matter, and not antimatter. Where did it…
Chaotic Wombs May Birth Wrong-way Planets
We’ve heard it time and time again. When it comes to new exoplanet findings, our conventional wisdom never holds. So…
Philae’s Incredible Comet-Landing Sequence Shows Up In Fresh Rosetta Images
Wow! New images released from the Rosetta spacecraft orbiting Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko show the spacecraft coming in for its (first) landing…
Curiosity Rover Snaps Photos of Comet Siding Spring, Giant Sunspot and Mars-shine
NASA's Curiosity Rover spends most of its time staring at the ground, but like humans, it looks up once in a while too.…