Recent Earth-Passing Asteroid is Much Bigger Than Originally Estimated
An asteroid that recently passed by Earth is about twice as large as originally estimated, and it would have had…
The “Deep Blue Sea” of the Sun
Looking like an intricate pen-and-ink illustration, the complex and beautiful structures of the Sun's surface come to life in yet…
A Gamma-Ray Burst as Music
This is awesome. What would a gamma-ray burst sound like? No one really knows, but members of the team that…
What a View! Exoplanet Odd Couple Orbit in Close Proximity
Imagine if the Neptune was only a million miles from Earth. What a view we’d have! … not to mention…
Daylight Fireball Dazzles Colorado, Grounds Fire Tankers
A dazzling daytime fireball zipped across New Mexico and Colorado yesterday creating a stir among law enforcement agencies, news organizations,…
Euclid and the Geometry of the Dark Universe
Euclid, an exciting new mission to map the geometry, distribution and evolution of dark energy and dark matter has just…
Hush, Hush US Spy Satellite Blasts Off atop Milestone Atlas Rocket
Image Caption: Spy Satellite for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office blasts off atop Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida…
Early Black Holes were Grazers Rather than Glutonous Eaters
Black holes powering distant quasars in the early Universe grazed on patches of gas or passing galaxies rather than glutting…
Huge Wildfires Burn on Opposite Sides of the Planet
The latest views of Earth from NASA's Aqua and Terra satellites are looking a bit hazy from wildfires burning in…
Loads of Ice Waiting for Explorers at the Moon’s Shackleton Crater
Shackleton crater on the Moon’s south pole has been somewhat of an enigma, as its permanently shadowed interior has made…