New Mosaic Reveals Jets Blasting from Rosetta’s Comet
Hidden among the four new images of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko released by ESA this week are a pair of dusty jets…
What Comets, Parking Lots and Charcoal Have in Common
All the pictures we've seen of Rosetta's target comet 67P/C-G show it reflecting brightly against the background of outer space.…
A New Marker Might Better Track the Solar Cycle
Approximately every 11 years the Sun becomes violently active, putting on a show of magnetic activity for aurora watchers and…
Timelapse: Sprites, Gravity Waves and Airglow
Look! Fast! Sprite lightning occurs only at high altitudes above thunderstorms, only last for a thousandth of a second and…
The Rains Of Titan Change When They Hit Underground Reservoirs: Study
Titan -- that moon of Saturn that has what some scientists consider precursors to elements for life -- is a…
One Planet, Two Stars: A System More Common Than Previously Thought
There are few environments more hostile than a planet circling two stars. Powerful tidal forces from the stars can easily…
Get Ready for Sunday’s Close Flyby of Asteroid 2014 RC
Guess who's dropping by for a quick visit this weekend? On Sunday, a 60-foot-wide (20-meters) asteroid named 2014 RC will…
How Do You Land on a Comet? Very Carefully.
ESA has announced that on September 15, the team from the Rosetta mission will reveal the landing site for the…
Meet Laniakea, Our Home Supercluster
Our cosmic address extends well beyond Earth, past the Milky Way and toward the farthest reaches of the universe. But…