How Will Curiosity Drive to Mt. Sharp?
As the Martian crow flies, the Curiosity rover has about 8 kilometers (5 miles) to trek until it reaches its…
Jets Boost — Not Hinder — Star Formation in Early Galaxies, New Study Suggests
Understanding the formation of stars and galaxies early in the Universe's history continues to be somewhat of an enigma, and…
What’s the Most Earth-Like Planet In The Solar System?
Life on Earth got you down? Thinking you'd like to pick up and move to another planet? I've got bad…
Podcast: Accretion Discs
When too much material tries to come together, everything starts to spin and flatten out. You get an accretion disc.…
Hubble Confirms Exoplanet Has a Blue Atmosphere
Since its discovery in 2005, exoplanet HD 189733b has been one of the most-observed planets orbiting another star, as its…
How to Spot and Track Satellites
It’s a question we get all the time. Watch the sky closely in the dawn or dusk hours, and you’ll…
New Horizons: I Spy Pluto and Charon!
The New Horizons spacecraft is still about 880 million kilometers (550 million miles) from Pluto, but on July 1 and…
ALMA Spots a Nascent Stellar Monster
Even though it comprises over 99% of the mass of the Solar System (with Jupiter taking up most of the…
Our Solar System Has a Tail Shaped Like a Four-Leaf Clover: New Findings from IBEX
Our Solar System is moving through interstellar space and scientists have long thought that the “bubble” around our Solar System…
Auroras Dance Over Northern U.S. Last Night, May Return Tonight
A burst of energetic particles from the Sun called a coronal mass ejection peppered Earth's magnetic field yesterday afternoon sparking…