Why Exoplanet-Hunting Is ‘Like Seeing A Flea In A Lightbulb’
Exoplanets are really tiny compared to their host star, and it's hard to imagine sometimes how astronomers can even find…
Fast Radio Bursts May Originate Closer to Home Than Previously Thought
Fast radio bursts — eruptions of extreme energy that occur only once and last a thousandth of a second —…
Argon – The First Noble Gas Molecules Discovered In Space
There are only six of them: radon, helium, neon, krypton, xenon and the first molecules to be discovered in space…
New Flyover Video Takes You on a Tour of Titan’s Lake Region
Saturn’s moon Titan has the only known liquid lakes beyond planet Earth, and new data from the Cassini spacecraft’s radar…
IRIS Glimpses an Elusive Region of the Sun
An innovative solar observatory is adding a key piece to the puzzle of the enigma that is our Sun. Its…
Hubble Discovers Water Plumes Erupting from Europa
It's been known since 2005 that Saturn's 300-mile-wide moon Enceladus has geysers spewing ice and dust out into orbit from…
UPDATE: NASA Pushes Back Cygnus Launch Decision Due To Space Station Cooling Problem
The decision to launch a cargo flight to the International Space Station next week has been pushed back until Monday…
Is Everything in the Universe Expanding?
The Universe is expanding. Distant galaxies are moving away from us in all directions. It’s natural to wonder, is everything…
Mars Water Could Have Carved These ‘Mystery Mounds’
Above is a time capsule of more than three billion years of Mars history. The right-hand side shows a bunch…