Search for Mars Methane
Since scientists announced the discovery of methane in the atmosphere of Mars last year, there has been a controversy about…
July 26 Targeted for Discovery Launch
NASA is targeting July 26, 2005 as the earliest date for the space shuttle Discovery to return to flight. Engineers…
Charon Passes in Front of a Star
Astronomers from MIT and Williams College have teamed up to capture an event seen only once, 25 years ago. On…
Astrophoto: Venus Transit by Adam Steiner
Adam Steiner took this picture of Venus transit on the 8/6/04 from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Do you have photos you'd…
How Millisecond Pulsars Spin So Fast
Observations with the Chandra X-Ray Observatory have given astronomers some clues about what causes millisecond pulsars - extremely dense stars…
Biggest Star Quake Ever Seen
On December 27, 2004, a neutron star flared up so brightly, it temporarily blinded all the X-ray satellites in space…
Oldest Planetary Disk Discovered
Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have found a dusty disk around a star which is 25 million years…
Melt Through the Ice to Find Life
Scientists can tell us what our climate on Earth was like in past by examining ice cores taken from glaciers.…
Cyborg Astrobiologist Could Help Astronauts Find Life on Mars
When humans first step onto the surface of Mars in the coming decades, they'll be like kids in a candy…
Tethys Glides Past Saturn
NASA's Cassini spacecraft took this picture of Saturn with its moon Tethys in the foreground. Tethys is 1,071 (665 miles)…