Glimpse at the Envelope of a Young Star
Japanese astronomers have used the 8.2m Subaru Telescope to get detailed images of the envelope of gas and dust surrounding…
Genesis Recovery Proceeding Well
When NASA's Genesis smashed into the desert last year, mission controllers and scientists feared the worst for the spacecraft's fragile…
Audio: Alpha, Still Constant After All These Years
There's a number in the Universe which we humans call alpha - or the fine structure constant. It shows up…
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse, April 24
There's going to be a partial lunar eclipse on Sunday, April 24; unfortunately, the Moon will only pass through the…
Solar Nebula Lasted 2 Million Years
The planets in our Solar System formed more than 4.6 billion years ago from cloud of dust and gas that…
Extreme Life in Yellowstone Gives More Hope for Life on Mars
Researchers from the University of Colorado at Boulder have uncovered a group of bacteria living in an extreme environment in…
Podcast: Alpha, Still Constant After All These Years
There's a number in the Universe which we humans call alpha - or the fine structure constant. It shows up…
Spitzer Sees an Alien Asteroid Belt
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered an enormous asteroid belt orbiting another star, containing 25 times as much material as…
Is There Water on the Moon?
NASA's Lunar Prospector hinted at the possibility that there are pockets of water ice in permanently shadowed craters at the…
Perfect Liquid Hints at Early Universe
Physicists with MIT have reported the discovery of a new state of matter - a perfect liquid - which was…