Mysterious and Well-Preserved Oort Cloud Object Heading Into Our Solar System
What if we could journey to the outer edge of the Solar System – beyond the familiar rocky planets and…
How Many Planets are in the Solar System?
I’m just going to warn you, this is a controversial topic. Some people get pretty grumpy when you ask: how…
How to Spot Near-Earth Asteroid 1998 QE2 This Week
A large asteroid visits our fair corner of the solar system this week, and with a little planning you may…
Rare Spectacular Triple Planet Conjunction Wows World! – Astrophoto Gallery
Triple planets (Venus/Jupiter/Mercury) conjunction over Mont-Saint-Michel, Normandy, France on May 26. Credit: Thierry Legault -www.astrophoto.fr Update: See expanded Conjunction astrophoto…
How Much Light Has The Universe Created Since the Big Bang?
The universe, most cosmologists tell us, began with a bang. At some point, the lights turned on. How much light…
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Opportunity Discovers Clays Favorable to Martian Biology and Sets Sail for Motherlode of New Clues
NASA’s Opportunity Mars rover discovered clay minerals at Cape York ridge along the rim of Endeavour crater - seen in…
Mars Society Proposes A Year-Long Arctic Mission To Better Prepare for the Red Planet
The Arctic's a lot like Mars, according to the Mars Society. It's cold, it's isolated, and it's kind of dangerous.…
Rocky Alien Planets: What The Heck Is On Their Surfaces?
We don't have the budget yet to send Star Trek's U.S.S. Enterprise to probe the surface of strange new worlds,…
Famed Pair of Stars Closer To Earth Than We Imagined
If you're a semi-serious amateur astronomer, chances are you've heard of a variable pair of stars called SS Cygni. When you…
Cold Fusion Experiment Maybe Holds Promise … Possibly … Hang on a Sec ….
Cold fusion has been called one of the greatest scientific breakthroughs that might likely never happen. On the surface, it…