Unlocking Cosmology With Type 1a Supernovae
[/caption]Let's face it, cosmologists catch a lot of flack. It's easy to see why. These are people who routinely publish…
NASA Channels “The Force” With Smart SPHERES
[/caption]In an interesting case of science fiction becoming a reality, NASA has been testing their SPHERES project over the past…
Four New Exoplanets to Start Off the New Year!
[/caption] It's only a few days into 2012 and already some new exoplanet discoveries have been announced. As 2011 ended,…
Suburu Telescope Captures Hidden Planets In Stellar Dust Ring
[/caption] No. It's not a new atomic image - it's a very unusual look at a star which could help…
Missions that Weren’t: One-Way Mission to the Moon
[/caption] When President Kennedy promised America a lunar landing in 1961, he effectively set the Moon as the finish line…
New Research Casts Doubt on the Late Heavy Bombardment
[/caption] Was the early solar system bombarded with lots of big impacts? This is a question that has puzzled scientists…
Why Pluto is No Longer a Planet
In 2006, the IAU voted to remove Pluto from the list of planets in the Solar System. Instead, Pluto, and…
More “Hollowed Ground” on Mercury
[/caption] The latest featured image from NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft, soon to complete its first year in orbit around Mercury, shows…
Storms And Lakes On Titan Revealed By Computer Modeling
[/caption] Thanks to the Cassini mission and the Huygens probe, we've glimpsed a wet world when science took a look…
‘Impossible’ Crystals May Have Come From Space
[/caption] A unique type of crystal appears to have its origins in meteorites, according to a new study. Quasicrystals are…