Rosetta’s Comet Springs Spectacular Leaks As It Gets Closer To The Sun
Jet! The comet that the Rosetta spacecraft is visiting is shedding more dust as machine and Solar System body get…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 354: Mars vs Comet Siding Spring
We were witness to a once in a million year event. A close approach of Comet Siding Spring to the…
Why Can’t We See the Big Bang?
Since telescopes let us look back in time, shouldn't we be able to see all the way back to the…
Hubble Composite Picture Shows How Close Siding Spring Comet Was To Mars
We've seen spectacular images of Comet Siding Spring from Mars spacecraft, showing just how close the small body was to…
Unusual Distributions of Organics Found in Titan’s Atmosphere
A new mystery of Titan has been uncovered by astronomers using their latest asset in the high altitude desert of…
The Physics Behind “Interstellar’s” Visual Effects Was So Good, it Led to a Scientific Discovery
While he was working on the film Interstellar, executive producer Kip Thorne was tasked with creating the black hole that…
Two Comet Groups Discovered Around Beta Pictoris
Between the years 2003 and 2011, the High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher - better known as HARPS - made…
Questioning the Impact Theory: What Really Killed the Dinosaurs?
About sixty five and a half million years ago, the Earth suffered its largest known cosmic impact. An asteroid or…
Assembly Complete for NASA’s Maiden Orion Spacecraft Launching in December 2014
Technicians at the Kennedy Space Center have completed the final major assembly work on NASA’s maiden Orion crew module slated…
Beastly Sunspot Amazes, Heightens Eclipse Excitement
That's one big, black blemish on the Sun today! Rarely have we been witness to such an enormous sunspot. Lifting…