Deep Impact Caused a Great Gush of Water Vapour
Deep Impact. Image credit: NASA. Click to enlarge When Deep Impact collided with Tempel 1, it released an amazing amount…
Book Review: Columbia – Final Voyage
Tragedies bring on sad times. People reflect and think of what's changed or lost. No one wants unfortunate events, but…
Simulating the Early Universe
Spiral galaxy NGC 1300. Image credit: Hubble. Click to enlarge Researchers have harnessed the power one of the world's fastest…
The Strongest Magnetic Fields in the Universe
NASA's first look at a lonely neutron star. Image credit: NASA/HST Click to enlarge The most powerful explosions in the…
Don Quijote Will Reach Out and Impact an Asteroid
Impacts with very large asteroids are uncommon. Image credit: ESA Click to enlarge Asteroids don't hit the Earth often, but…
Astrophoto: Abell 34 by Jim Misti
Abell 34 by Jim Misti Most stars do not end their existence in a cataclysmic supernova explosion. For example, our…
What’s Up This Week – April 3 – April 9, 2006
Download our free "What's Up 2006" ebook, with entries like this for every day of the year. Craters Steinheil and…
Mars Aerobraking Begins
Image showing the heat being emitted from the day and night side of Mars. Image credit: NASA Click to enlarge…
The Storm Rages On
Giant Saturn and its moon Tethys. Image credit: NASA/JPL/SSI. Click to enlarge This Cassini photograph shows half of Saturn shrouded…
Waves in the Earth’s Magnetic Tail
Double Star TC-2 spacecraft. Image credit: ESA. Click to enlarge Like many comets when they get close to the Sun,…