Astronomy
Pahoehoe Lava
[/caption] All lava isn't the same. There can be tremendous differences in the viscosity (thickness), temperature and chemical composition of…
Molten Lava
[/caption] Volcanoes can erupt with ash and rocks, but one of the most common images are great rivers of molten…
Hubble Immortalizes Itself With New Image: “Fountain of Youth”
To commemorate the Hubble Space Telescope's 19 years in space, the ESA and NASA have released an image of a…
Nearly Earth-sized Planet, Possible Watery World Spotted Near Another Star
Astronomers are announcing a newly discovered exoplanet in the habitable zone of its star, and another one -- in the…
Stars Strip Atmospheres of Close-forming Planets
It may be a while yet before astronomers agree on a standard model for planet formation around stars. Until recently,…
Most Complex Organics Ever Detected in Interstellar Space
Is your mouth watering? It should be. That molecule at left is called ethyl formate (C2H5OCHO), and it's partly responsible…
UK, US Astronomers: That’s One Cool Star
An international team, led by astronomers at the University of Hertfordshire in the UK, has discovered one of the coolest sub-stellar bodies…
Orion’s Belt Sees More Action Than We Knew
Using infrared telescopes, European and American astronomers have peered through the opaque molecular cloud that obscures much of Orion's stellar…