Nearby Super-Earth is Best Habitable Candidate So Far, Astronomers Say
On a clear night, you might be able to spot the red dwarf star Gliese 832 through a backyard telescope,…
Astronomy Cast 350: SpaceShipOne
SpaceShipOne is the spacecraft created by Scaled Composites to win the $10 million Ansari X-Prize in 2003. It was the…
Beautiful Astrophotos: Crescent Moon and Venus Rising
Did you see the crescent Moon near a bright star on Tuesday morning this week? Many of our Flickr group…
Three Supermassive Black Holes Tango in a Distant Galaxy, Marking a Huge Discovery
In a galaxy four billion light-years away, three supermassive black holes are locked in a whirling embrace. It’s the tightest…
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Curiosity Marks Milestone Anniversary – 1 Martian Year On Mars!
NASA’s Curiosity rover celebrated a milestone anniversary today, June 24 - 1 Martian Year on Mars! A Martian year is…
The Place Where Earth from Space Looks Like a Floating Piece of Cardboard
As we've noted before, astronaut Reid Wiseman is sending out a bevy of tweets and pictures from his perch on…
Titan’s Atmosphere May be Older than Saturn, a New Study Suggests
It’s well accepted that moons form after planets. In fact, only a few months ago, astronomers spotted a new moon…
Intriguing X-Ray Signal Might be Dark Matter Candidate
Could a strange X-ray signal coming from the Perseus galaxy cluster be a hint of the elusive dark matter in…
Observing Alert: Distant Blazar 3C 454.3 in Outburst, Visible in Amateur Telescopes
Have an 8-inch or larger telescope? Don't mind staying up late? Excellent. Here's a chance to stare deeper into the…
‘Ghost’ Object Appears, Disappears on Titan
Astronomers with the Cassini mission have detected a bright, mysterious geologic object on Saturn’s moon Titan that suddenly showed up…