Private Spaceflight Legislation Passes
The US House of Representatives approved legislation on Saturday that would make regulations easier for companies looking to provide rides…
Swift Launches to Search for Cosmic Explosions
After several days of delays, NASA's Swift observatory was finally launched Saturday at 1716 UTC (12:16 pm EST) atop a…
Supermassive Black Holes Early On
Astronomers now believe that all large galaxies have a supermassive black hole at their centre, but it was believed that…
Rhea Shows Off a Big Impact
Cassini took this image of Rhea, Saturn's second largest moon, on October 24, 2004 when it was about 1.7 million…
Atacama Desert From Space
This is a satellite photograph of one of the driest places on Earth: Chile's Atacama Desert, which only sees rain…
Tiny Mimas, Huge Saturn
This image of Saturn and its tiny moon Mimas was taken on Sept. 25, 2004 by NASA's Cassini spacecraft when…
It’s a Galaxy Eat Galaxy Universe
Japanese researchers using the Subaru Telescope have found a large galaxy caught in the act of consuming a smaller companion…
Life’s There, You Just Need to Dig
Scientists believed they'd finally reached the limits of microbial life with the heart of the Atacama desert in Chile. This…
How Did the First Stars Form?
Early star formation is a bit of a puzzle for astronomers, since all the stars that we can see formed…
Space Elevator? Build it on the Moon First
Science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke famously predicted that we'd see space elevators 50 years after people stopped laughing at…