Construction on Alma Radio Telescope Begins
Image credit: ESO Workers in Chile broke ground today in the construction of the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) -…
Hubble Looks at Erupting Star’s Neighborhood
Image credit: Hubble The newest image released from the Hubble Space Telescope shows a turbulent region of space surrounding an…
Mapping the Hidden Dark Matter
Image credit: Berkeley Dark matter is an invisible halo of material that seems to surround every galaxy. Astronomers can't see…
Voyager is Nearing the Edge of the Solar System
Image credit: NASA NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has nearly reached the outer limits of the solar system to a region…
Leonid Meteors on November 17
Image credit: NASA The Leonid meteor shower will be making an appearance on November 17, 2003, and it might be…
Mars Rover Should Work Fine
Image credit: NASA/JPL NASA engineers have been working through a problem with one of the Mars rovers currently traveling to…
NASA Marks the Third Year of People on the Station
Image credit: NASA As of Sunday, November 2, the International Space Station has had humans on board for three years.…
The Largest Flare Ever Seen
Image credit: NOAA A massive flare erupted on the surface of the Sun yesterday that was so bright that it…
Sun Launches Three More Flares
Image credit: NOAA It looks like the Sun isn't done with us yet. Over the last 24-hours, the Sun has…
Giant Mirror Arrives at New Observatory
Image credit: UA The construction of the world's most powerful optical telescope took a significant step forward this week when…