Further Evidence Found for Dark Energy
Image credit: SDSS Since the discovery several years ago of a mysterious force, called dark energy, which seems to be…
Stellar Clusters Found in Milky Way
Image credit: ESO Astronomers from the European Southern Observatory have found a whole new population of massive newborn stars inside…
NASA Updates Software on FUSE Spacecraft
Image credit: NASA/JHU NASA's Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) satellite got a complete software upgrade this week to improve the…
Warped Disk Formed Around Galaxy Centre
Image credit: CfA Astronomers have found a distant galaxy with a core shaped like a warped pancake around its central…
Kerosene Engine Passes Design Milestone
Image credit: NASA NASA is working on several next-generation propulsion concepts that could help to push future exploration of the…
NASA Considering What to Do with Shuttle Debris
As the Columbia accident investigation is wrapping up, NASA is considering what to do with the 84,000 pieces of debris;…
Atlas V Launches Rainbow 1
Image credit: ILS An Atlas V rocket lifted off from Florida's Cape Canaveral on Thursday carrying the Rainbow 1 direct-to-home…
Metallic Stars Yield Planets
Image credit: NASA A survey of stars in our neighbourhood has revealed those rich in metals, such as iron and…
Fewer Asteroids Threaten the Earth
Image credit: NASA Researchers have built a computer simulation that better predicts how large asteroids will interact with the Earth's…
Shuttle Program’s Flaws Will Be Revealed
Investigators working to determine the cause of the space shuttle Columbia disaster are expecting to reveal some serious problems with…