Wow! Water Ice Clouds Suspected In Brown Dwarf Beyond The Solar System
What are planetary atmospheres made of? Figuring out the answer to that question is a big step on the road…
Lunar Love: Stunning Shots Abound In Phases Around The SuperMoon
While the SuperMoon of earlier this week got a lot of attention -- and rightly so, given the Moon was…
Clear Skies Tonight? Go Out and See the Aurora
Talk of aurora is in the air. Our earlier story today by Elizabeth Howell alerted you to the possibility of…
Astrophoto: The Sun as a Work of Art
Here's a solar flare with a little flair added! Astrophotographer Rick Ellis from Toronto, Canada created this "artsy" Sun by…
‘Venus Zone’: The Anti-Habitable Area Around A Star That Can Breed Hell
Our hothouse planet of the solar system, Venus, is possibly a product of how close it is to the Sun,…
A Lurking Companion Star Explains Enigmatic Supernova
Massive stars end their lives dramatically. Once the nuclear fuel deep within their cores is spent, there's no longer any…
Aurora Watch! Two Solar Particle Blasts Could Start Smacking Into Earth Friday
Bim, bam, smash! The Sun hurled two clouds of particles in our general direction, putting space weather watchers on alert.…
Astronaut Snaps Amazing Picture Of His Crewmates Returning To Earth
Wow! See that bright streak in the photo above? That's a shot of the Expedition 40 crew making a flawless…
Elemental Mystery: Lithium Is Also Rare Outside Of The Milky Way
This new picture of M54 -- a part of a satellite galaxy to the Milky Way called the Sagittarius Dwarf…
Philae Snaps a Spacetastic Selfie
Spacecraft "selfies" are always a treat and this one is doubly awesome: taken by the Philae lander piggybacked onto ESA's…