Astronomers Peer Into Our Universe’s Dark Age
When you look at the sky, it's like looking through a time machine. The further you look, the longer the…
Probing for Dark Matter Underground
Scientists have gathered the first data from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search, which is located 750 metres underground in an…
Sea Launch Sends DIRECTV Satellite to Orbit
Sea Launch successfully lofted the DIRECTV 7S broadcast satellite into orbit today. A Zenit-3SL rocket lifted off from the floating…
Send Me Your Venus Photos
With Venus reaching its brightest point, I'm going to set you all a little challenge: take some photos. Grab your…
New Explaination for Cosmic Rays
Scientists at the Los Alamos National Laboratory have come up with a new theory to help explain how giant radio…
Book Review: Strange Matters
A journalist is an essential element in any responsible government. These people evaluate programs and activities the way food blenders…
Computer to Simulate Exploding Star
Researchers from the University of Chicago are about to run the most complex simulation of a supernova ever attempted. The…
Sea Launch Prepares for DIRECTV Launch
The Sea Launch Odyssey launch platform and Commander ship arrived at the equator on Thursday to make preparations to launch…
Binary Pulsar System Confirmed
Researchers located a binary system in 2003, believed to be a spinning pulsar and a neutron star. But new evidence…
Wallpaper: Bug Nebula
Here's a 1024x768 desktop wallpaper of The Bug Nebula (a.k.a. NGC 6302) taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. It's one…