Here Come The Thirty Metre Telescopes
When it comes to astronomy, size is everything. The biggest telescope on the planet is the 11-metre Hobby-Eberly on Mount…
Toutatis Sneaks Past the Earth on Wednesday
Asteroid Toutatis, a frequent visitor in our neighborhood, will pass as close as 1.5 million km (960,000) miles to the…
How Mars Could Be Losing Its Water
Data accumulated by the ASPERA-3 instrument on board the European Space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft seems to indicate how Mars…
Da Vinci Project Pushes Back Launch
The da Vinci Project, a Canadian team of amateur rocket scientists, has pushed back the launch date of its Wildfire…
First Genesis Samples Shipped Out
NASA scientists picking through the wreckage of Genesis' capsule have shipped off the first sample to the University of California,…
Biggest Collision in the Universe
An international team of scientists have discovered one of the most powerful events since the Big Bang: a collision between…
Earliest Star Forming Galaxies Found
Astronomers have been studying the deepest optical view of the Universe - the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (HUDF) - and…
Mystery at the Heart of the Milky Way
Something is radiating high-energy gamma rays at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy, and astronomers aren't sure what it…
Glaciers Speed Up When Ice Breaks Away
When the Larsen B ice shelf broke away from the coast of Antarctica two years ago, nearby glaciers surged, flowing…
Mars Rovers Get a Mission Extension
NASA has approved a six month extension for the Mars Exploration Rovers, giving them more time to continue exploring the…