Venus and the Moon
I just wanted to give you all another quick reminder that Venus and the Moon will be right beside each…
Scientists Watch an Explosion on a Neutron Star
Canadian and NASA scientists have captured details of swirling gas as it hovers above the surface of a neutron star.…
NASA Awards Research Grants to Support Space Flight
NASA announced today that it has chosen 22 researchers to receive up to four year grants to conduct research into…
Deadly Fire at a Rocket Plant in India
An explosion at a solid fuel booster plant caused a large fire at the main Indian space complex; reports about…
Europe’s Plan to Search for Life on Mars
The European Space Agency has selected two teams to carry out the detailed design of the ExoMars rover and its…
Opportunity Finds Polished Spheres in its Trench
When NASA's Opportunity rover dug a trench into the Martian soil two days ago, it revealed a series of mysteries…
Hubble Helps Measure the Pace of Dark Energy
The Hubble Space Telescope has further confirmed the existence of "Dark Energy" - a mysterious force that seems to be…
Ulysses Finds Streams of Dust Coming from Io
Jupiter's moon Io is depositing a trail of dust particles as it makes its journey around the Sun, and the…
Look for Dust to Find New Earths
Instead of looking directly for Earth-sized planets, it might be easier to just try to find the ring of dust…
New Kuiper Object Rivals Pluto
Astronomers from Caltech and Yale University have discovered a distant object that could be nearly as large as Pluto. The…