Watch Live: Sunday’s “Hybrid Solar Eclipse”
The chase is on. On Sunday, November 3rd, the shadow of the Moon will cross the Earth for one last…
What Are The Odds Of Spotting A Milky Way Supernova From Earth?
An exploding star in our home galaxy might be visible to Earth in the next 50 years, astronomers say in…
Halloween Astrophoto: The Witch Head Nebula
Boo! Here's a great shot of the Witch Head nebula, so named because it resembles the profile of a wicked…
SpaceX Signs Pact To Start Rocket Testing At NASA Stennis
SpaceX -- the maker and operator of the Dragon spacecraft that runs periodic cargo flights to the International Space Station…
Antarctic Sea Ice Takes Over More Of The Ocean Than Ever Before
Antarctica's sea ice is creeping further out in the ocean! New data from a Japanese satellite shows that sea ice…
Rocky Earth-sized World is a ‘Sungrazing’ Exoplanet
A newly verified planet found in data from the Kepler mission delivers on the space telescope’s task of finding Earth-size…
What Is The Hottest Place on Earth?
We’ve talked about Venus, the hottest planet in the Solar System, but we know things can get pretty hot here…
New Dark Matter Detector Draws A Blank In First Test Round
We keep saying dark matter is so very hard to find. Astronomers say they can see its effects -- such…
Catastrophic Impacts Made Life on Earth Possible
How did life on Earth originally develop from random organic compounds into living, evolving cells? It may have relied on…
Say Goodbye to Boring Airline Safety Presentations
No more falling asleep before takeoff during those boring safety presentations – at least on Virgin America Airlines. Delta Airlines…