Book Review: The Fabric of the Cosmos
So you're at this cocktail party and your eye is totally captured by this vivacious and charming individual circling the…
Galaxy Stripped Clear of Star Forming Material
A new photo of spiral galaxy NGC 4402 shows how it's being stripped of its star forming material as it…
Cassini Ready to Begin Its Saturn Tour
NASA's Cassini spacecraft is now less than a month away from its close encounter with Saturn and its moons. It's…
Watch the Venus Transit on the Internet
We're only a few days away from an event that no person alive has ever seen: a transit of Venus…
Speakers Announced for Centennial Challenges Workshop
NASA has announced the guest speakers who will help set the tone for the upcoming Centennial Challenges workshop on June…
New Details at the Heart of the Trifid Nebula
A new photo released from the Hubble Space Telescope shows a new close-up view of the heart of the Trifid…
Getting Closer to Saturn
The latest full colour image of Saturn was taken on May 21, when NASA's Cassini spacecraft was only 15.7 million…
Spirit Sees Layered Rock in Nearby Hills
Well into their extra exploration time, NASA's Mars Exploration Rovers are continuing to make discoveries on the Red Planet. Spirit…
Chandra Finds a Gamma Ray Blast Remnant
Combined data from the Chandra X-Ray Observatory and the Palomar 200-inch telescope have uncovered the remnant of a gamma-ray burst…
Super-Clusters of Galaxies Give Clues to the Big Bang
Astronomers with the European Southern Observatory have embarked on a decade-long study of some of the largest structures, galaxy clusters,…