Bazinga: Mysterious Earth Orbiting Asteroid Turns Out to be Space Junk
Can’t find asteroid 2010 QW1 in the Minor Planet Database? No, the “Men in Black” didn’t secretly remove this Earth-orbiting…
This Neutron Star Behaves Just Like The Hulk
When Bruce Banner gets angry, he gets big and green and strong and well, vengeful. The Hulk is the stuff…
Magnetic Fields are Crucial to Exomoon Habitability
Astronomers believe that hidden deep within the wealth of data collected by NASA’s Kepler mission are minuscule signatures confirming the…
Soyuz Launches Expedition 37/38 to the International Space Station
The next crew of the International Space Station is on their way to orbit. Three members of the Expedition 37…
Webcast: What Happens When You Fall Into a Black Hole?
What happens if you fall into a black hole? According to Einstein's general theory of relativity, the fall would be…
New Camera Aboard APEX Gets First Light
And the "Cat's Paw" was waiting to strike! In this exceptionally detailed image of star-forming region NGC 6334 we can…
Here’s One Idea Of How To Search For Life Beyond Earth
Using a phone to search for signs of life? Yeah, we can get behind that. One group of researchers has…
How Spitzer’s Focus Changed To Strange New Worlds
After 10 years in space -- looking at so many galaxies and stars and other astronomy features -- the Spitzer…
Stars in this Jam-Packed Galaxy are 25 Times Closer Together than in the Milky Way
Meet galaxy M60-UCD1. This is not your average, every day, ordinary galaxy. First of all, it’s what is known as…
Enceladus, Afterburners Still Firing
We can never get enough of seeing those intriguing jets and plumes from Saturn’s moon Enceladus, especially this great view…