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…
Hunting for Alien Megastructures
It's a big galaxy out there. Even the most skeptical scientist has to accept that if a civilisation like our…
What path will lead American humans to Mars?
Is it just us, or has there been a lot -- a LOT -- of talk about getting humans to…
Astrophotos: Triple Planetary Conjunction
Images are starting to come in of the bright planetary conjunction in the western sky at dusk! Jupiter, Venus and…
Hanging Out with Astronauts
On May 23, NASA hosted a Google+ Hangout from the Johnson Space Center with three recently returned International Space Station…