Closest Star to the Sun
You probably know that the Sun is the closest star to us, but what is the closest star to the…
Navy Researchers Put Dark Lightning to the SWORD
Discovered "by accident" by NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope in 2010, dark lightning is a surprisingly powerful -- yet invisible…
Should This Alien World Even Exist? This Young Disk Could Challenge Planet-Formation Theories
Take a close look at the blurry image above. See that gap in the cloud? That could be a planet…
The Epitome of Cool: Neil Armstrong and David Scott, 1966
So, you've just endured a harrowing experience where your orbiting spacecraft has gone wildly out of control. You somehow --…
MESSENGER’s Unique View: A Colorful, Spinning Planet Mercury
The MESSENGER mission has now mapped the entire surface of planet Mercury -- and this is the first time this…
Where Is Dark Matter Most Dense? Subaru Telescope Gets Some Hints
Put another checkmark beside the "cold dark matter" theory. New observations by Japan's Subaru Telescope are helping astronomers get a…
Bringing Space to the Masses: Q&A with Planetary Resources’ Chris Lewicki
Chris Lewicki is the President and Chief Engineer for one of the most pioneering and audacious companies in the world…
New Video Map Shows Large-Scale Cosmic Structure out to 300 million Light Years
Researchers with the Cosmic Flows project have been working to map both visible and dark matter densities around our Milky…
The Most Unique Eclipse Image You’ll Ever See
You’ve probably never before seen an image like the one above. That’s because it is the first time something like…
Plastic Protection Against Cosmic Rays?
It could work, say researchers from the University of New Hampshire and the Southwest Research Institute. One of the inherent dangers…