Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have discovered a companion star to a rare type of supernova. This observation confirms the theory that the explosion originated…
Read the articleCompared to the age of the solar system — about four-and-a-half billion years — a couple of decades are next to nothing. Some planetary locales change…
Read the articleAsteroid Flyby of Earth On Sunday, Sept. 7th, a house-sized asteroid named “2014 RC” will fly through the Earth-Moon system approximately 25,000 miles (40,000 km) from…
Read the articleChildren with visual disabilities can experience striking deep-space images like never before in a free, multi-touch iBooks textbook for the iPad entitled “Reach for the Stars:…
Read the articleThe NASA and European Space Agency Cassini mission has revealed hundreds of lakes and seas spread across the north polar region of Saturn’s moon Titan. These…
Read the articleNASA is inviting the worldwide public to submit short messages and images on social media that could be placed in a time capsule aboard a spacecraft…
Read the articleMassive stars end their life with a bang, exploding as supernovas and releasing massive amounts of energy and matter. What remains of the star is a…
Read the articleOn Tue, Sep 2, at 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (CEST), the ESA are holding a Google+ On Air Hangout to talk about the possible landing…
Read the articleNASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has spotted an eruption of dust around a young star, possibly the result of a smashup between large asteroids. This type of…
Read the articleAstronomers using ESA’s Integral gamma-ray observatory have demonstrated beyond doubt that dead stars known as white dwarfs can reignite and explode as supernovae. The finding came…
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