Mega Discovery! 715 Alien Planets Confirmed Using A New Trick On Old Kepler Data

11 years ago

Planet-watchers, some exciting news: you know how we keep talking about planet candidates, those planets that have yet to be…

Spectacular Views of Venus and the “Decrescent” Moon Worldwide

11 years ago

Did you see it? Earlier this week, we wrote about the spectacular conjunction of the planet Venus and the waning…

Uwingu Hopes to Raise $10 million for Scientists and Educators with Mars Crater Naming Venture

11 years ago

The latest out-of-the-box idea to help address funding shortages for researchers, scientists, educators and students goes to Mars. Uwingu has…

Does Free Will Exist? Ancient Quasars May Hold the Clue.

11 years ago

Do you believe in free will? Are people able to decide their own destinies, whether it's on what continent they'll…

Pushy Black Holes Stop Elliptical Galaxies From Forming Stars

11 years ago

Contradicting past theories, cold gas has been found in abundance in some elliptical galaxies -- showing that there must be…

New Technique Finds Water in Exoplanet Atmospheres

11 years ago

As more and more exoplanets are identified and confirmed by various observational methods, the still-elusive "holy grail" is the discovery…

Yesterday’s Mammoth Solar Flare Is The Biggest Of 2014 So Far

11 years ago

She's a rainbow! You can see the first moments of a huge flare belching off the sun in the picture…

Carnival of Space #342

11 years ago

The tent is up! This week’s Carnival of Space is hosted by Pamela Hoffman at the Everyday Spacer blog. Click…

Watch Saturn Slip Behind the Moon

11 years ago

Or, more accurately, watch the Moon pass in front of Saturn. Either way you get the same result: a beautiful…