Black Hole at the Heart of a Nebula
Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have found what they believe is an intermediate sized black hole at the…
Catching Stars in the Act of Forming Planets
Most research seems to indicate that planets form around stars in only the first few million years. Many stars have…
New Black Holes Found in a Virtual Observatory
A team of European astronomers has used a virtual observatory to find 30 previously undiscovered black holes. The team combined…
Detailed Image of Saturn’s Storms
In this latest image of Saturn taken by Cassini, you can see several of the storms that rage across the…
Progress 14P Docks With Station
A Russian cargo spacecraft successfully docked with the International Space Station on Thursday, bringing much needed supplies to the astronauts.…
Spitzer Finds Youngest Planet
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has peered through the dusty haze into the construction zones for new planets and found organic…
Decreasing Earthshine Could Be Tied to Global Warming
Astronomers can measure the reflectivity of the Earth's atmosphere by watching "Earthshine" on the Moon. They found that a gradual…
Star Production is Still High in our Galaxy
It seems that our Milky Way is producing stars much more rapidly than previously predicted by many astronomers. This is…
Saturn From Hubble and Cassini
As Saturn grows larger in Cassini's camera, scientists have turned many instruments on the ringed planet, including the Hubble Space…
Rings and Moons
Today's image released by NASA, and taken by its Cassini spacecraft is a close up view of Saturn's rings, and…