Multicolor Mars! Speedy NASA Spacecraft Takes Pictures Just Hours After Arrival
Sure is fun to see the Red Planet in different colors! This is what the gases around the Red Planet's…
Alien Planet’s Clear Weather Could Show Way To ‘Super-Earth’ Atmospheres
In an encouraging find for habitability researchers, astronomers have detected molecules on the smallest planet ever -- a Neptune-sized planet…
A Fun Way of Understanding E=mc<sup>2</sup>
Many people fail to realize just how much energy there is locked up in matter. The nucleus of any atom…
New Results from Planck: It Doesn’t Look Good For BICEP2
One of the recent sagas in cosmology began with the BICEP2 press conference announcing evidence of early cosmic inflation. There…
Amazing Timelapse: Watch the Milky Way Spin Above the Space Station
Have you ever sat outside on a starry night and just watched the stars move slowly above you? Here's a…
A Splash of Color Across the Supermoon
A software engineer from Florida recently captured an image of the day-old supermoon in September that clearly conveys color variations across its surface.…
There Are No Such Things As Black Holes
That's the conclusion reached by one researcher from the University of North Carolina: black holes can't exist in our Universe --…
Russia Plans To Spend $8B On Space Station Through 2025: Report
Amid tensions surrounding international space collaboration, Russia is planning to spend $8 billion (321 billion rubles) on the International Space…
Who Needs a Deep Space Network? Two Martian Spacecraft Communicate Via Twitter
India's Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) spacecraft was greeted via Twitter after successfully entering orbit of the Red Planet. The Curiosity…
Mars Rover Battles ‘Amnesia’ In Middle Of Red Planet Road Trip
No science data is missing after the Opportunity Mars rover had a brief "amnesia" event last week, NASA said in…