Extrasolar Planet Reshapes Ring Around a Star
The Hubble Space Telescope has taken a detailed image of a narrow, dusty ring around nearby star Fomalhaut. Although they…
Natural Particle Accelerator Discovered
Astronomers have discovered a binary system of a blue giant and a pulsar that operate as a natural particle accelerator,…
Solar Sail Goes Missing
The Planetary Society's solar sail prototype Cosmos 1 was launched from a Russian submarine yesterday, but it seems have gone…
Mars Express Booms All Deployed
All three MARSIS booms on Mars Express are now fully deployed, and the spacecraft is ready to begin searching Mars…
Podcast: Into the Submillimeter
When you look into the night sky with your eyes, or through a telescope, you're seeing the Universe in the…
First View of Tempel 1’s Nucleus
New images taken by NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft show the actual nucleus of its target, Comet Tempel 1. The nucleus…
Book Review: Story – The Way of Water
Biographies of peoples lives can come off as a dated list of achievements and events. With a subject like Story…
Audio: Into the Submillimeter
When you look into the night sky with your eyes, or through a telescope, you're seeing the Universe in the…
What’s Up This Week – June 20 – June 26, 2005
Although the Moon will be full, there will be plenty of excitement as we start the week with Mars and…
Saturn’s Ripply F-Ring
NASA's Cassini spacecraft took this image of Saturn's F-ring, with one of its shepherd moons, Pandora also in view. Pandora…