Astronomy

Anybody Want A Peanut? New Model Shows Tasty Orbital Shapes In Milky Way’s Bulge

Remember that 3-D map of the Milky Way that postulated that the center of the galaxy is shaped like a…

11 years ago

Kepler May Go Planet-Hunting Again! Infographic Shows How That Would Work

The planet-seeking Kepler space telescope had to stop its primary mission this summer after the failure of a second of…

11 years ago

Home Computers Discover Gamma-Ray Pulsars

Imagine that you're innocently running your computer in pursuit of helping data crunch a huge science project. Then, out of…

11 years ago

NASA Plans To Deepen Asteroid Searches With Planetary Resources

Planetary Resources Inc. -- that company that is developing a crowdsourced space telescope to search for asteroids -- is planning…

11 years ago

Speedy Science: Here’s Four Years Of Herschel Telescope Work In A Short Video

In just one minute, you can watch the Herschel space telescope painting the sky blue, green and yellow! The colors…

11 years ago

NASA’s LADEE Probe Starts Science Study of Thin Lunar Atmosphere and Dusty Mystery

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - NASA’s Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) has descended to its planned low altitude…

11 years ago

NASA Halts Work on its New Nuclear Generator for Deep Space Exploration

Another blow was dealt to deep space exploration this past weekend. The announcement comes from Jim Green, NASA’s Planetary Science…

11 years ago

What is a Pulsar?

They are what is known as the "lighthouses" of the universe - rotating neutron stars that emit a focused beam…

11 years ago

Exploring Our Galaxy’s Ancient Brown Dwarfs

As the name implies, a brown dwarf is small... only about 7% the size of the Sun. As far as…

11 years ago

Get Out Your Comet Scorecards: Comet Nevski Now Visible With Binoculars

Is 2013 truly the “Year of the Comet?” Perhaps “Comets” might be a better term, as no less than five…

11 years ago