String of Galaxies Puzzles Astronomers
Image credit: NASA Wide-field observations of the early Universe have turned up a strange string of galaxies 300 million light-years…
Stars of All Ages Have Comets and Planets
Image credit: Harvard CfA Astronomers from the Harvard Center for Astrophysics studied Comet Kudo-Fujikawa as it swept past the Sun…
Spirit Stands Up
Image credit: NASA/JPL NASA engineers confirmed today that the Spirit rover has successfully unfolded itself and "stood up" from its…
Double Pulsar System Found
Image credit: RAS An international team of astronomers have discovered a double pulsar system - the first ever seen. The…
Borax Might Have Helped the Early Formation of Life
New research from astrobiologists suggests that some of the building blocks for life could have formed early on in the…
Bush Set to Announce a Return to the Moon
President Bush is set to announce next week that the United States will return to a bold human space exploration…
Space Settlement Contest Ends Soon
I mentioned this back in June, but it's time for another reminder, since the deadline is closing fast. If you've…
Astronomers See a Magnetar Form
Image credit: NASA A team of astronomers were lucky enough to observe the rare event of a neutron star turning…
Planet is Causing Solar Storms
Image credit: UBC Astronomers from the University of British Columbia have discovered that a Jupiter-sized planet is interacting with its…
Spirit’s Airbags will Get Another Tug
Image credit: NASA/JPL Engineers have found that Spirit's landing on Mars didn't go quite as smoothly as they'd hoped. It…