What Lies Beneath
[/caption] What would make a great home for a giant Martian ant lion? I'd have to say this pit, imaged…
Q&A with Brian Cox, part 3: ‘Wonders’ and Popularizing Science
[/caption] Professor Brian Cox is the Chair in Particle Physics at the University of Manchester, and works on the ATLAS…
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3 D Alien Snowman Graces Vesta
[/caption] An alien ‘Snowman’ on an alien World. The ‘Snowman’ is a string of three craters and is among the…
The Lyman-Alpha Blob That Ate The Universe…
[/caption] It's called a Lyman-alpha blob and it's one of the largest known single objects in the Universe. It first…
Win A Copy of Brian Cox’s New Book, “Wonders of the Universe”
This week we've been talking with Professor Brian Cox about physics, space exploration and the future. He also talks about…
Q&A with Brian Cox, part 2: Space Exploration and Hopes for the Future
[/caption] Professor Brian Cox is the Chair in Particle Physics at the University of Manchester, and works on the ATLAS…
Titan’s Giant Cloud Explained
[/caption] Titan is making news again, this time with Cassini images from 2010 showing a storm nearly as big as…
Finding Phobos: Discovery of a Martian Moon
If someone were to ask you when fear was first discovered, you could tell them August 11, 1877. That's when,…
Explosive Phytoplankton Bloom Seen From Space
[/caption] Phytoplankton are tiny, microscopic plant-like organisms, but when they get together and start growing they can cover hundreds of…
Astrophoto: Jumping for Joy at the Space Station
[/caption] Yippee! This is the way I feel whenever I see the International Space Station passing overhead! Astrophotographer Pete Glastonbury…