Galactic Archaeology: NGC 5907 – The Dragon Clash
[/caption] The sprawling northern constellation of Draco is home to a monumental galactic merger which left a singular spectacle -…
Barnstorming the Suborbital Science Frontier
Who will really open up the space frontier? Just like the early days of airplanes, when ‘barnstormers’ traveled the country…
X-rays Reveal a Stellar-Mass Black Hole in Andromeda
[/caption] An ultraluminous x-ray source (ULX) previously spotted in the neighboring Andromeda galaxy by NASA's Chandra observatory has now been revealed…
Astrophotos: Stunning Aurora in Iceland by Andrew Welstead
[/caption] From one hemisphere to another: Noel Welstead from Australia sent us a note that his son Andrew had traveled…
The Sky Is Falling, Scientists Report
[/caption] Ok, maybe not the sky itself... but the clouds. According to recent research by climate scientists in New Zealand,…
Solid Buckyballs in Space are Stacked Like ‘Oranges in a Crate’
[/caption] From a JPL press release: Astronomers using data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have, for the first time, discovered…
Faster Than Light? More Like Faulty Wiring.
[/caption] You can shelf your designs for a warp drive engine (for now) and put the DeLorean back in the…
Gallery: Bizarre Dunes on Mars
[/caption] Say the word "dunes" and the image that likely comes to mind is the sort of features you'd see…
By Dawn’s Early Light
[/caption] Sunrise on Vesta highlights the asteroid's varied surface textures in this image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft, released on Monday,…
If the Moon Currently has Liquid Magma, Why isn’t it Erupting?
[/caption] Last year, scientists took another look at the seismic data collected by Apollo era experiments and discovered that the…