Finding the First Stars
To have the current elements in the Universe, cosmologists believe there had to be several generations of stars, building up…
Mars Express Mission Extended
The European Space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft will have its mission extended by one Martian year - approximately 23 months…
Sweeping View of the Rings
Cassini recently took this beautiful photograph of Saturn's rings, sweeping across the sky. Its tiny moon Pan (26 kilometers, or…
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. For a desolation to be beautiful, there must be something special. Just…
NASA Wants Rovers That Can Dig Lunar Soil
NASA has announced its fifth Centennial Challenges prize competition: the Regolith Excavation Challenge. Teams will compete head to head in…
Brand New Martian Gullies
Mars is a more dramatically changing place than scientists had ever imagined. Thanks to its long lifetime, the Mars Global…
Binary Star Baby Picture
Newborn stars hide in a shroud of dust and gas, so they're difficult to photograph. Astronomers have used the infrared…
Halo of Blue Stars Around a Black Hole
Astronomers have known about a strange blue light coming from the heart of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) for many years,…
Oldest Meteorites Hint at Early Solar System
Of all the meteorites found around the world, on 45 formed before our Solar System. They provide a unique insight…
Wide Image of the Virgo Cluster of Galaxies
Astronomers from Case Western Reserve University have created the deepest, wide-view image of the Virgo Cluster of galaxies, which shows…