NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured many stunning images over its lifetime here are five of the most mind-blowing. First conceived in the 1940s, the Hubble Space Telescope (or just Hubble for… [+4087 chars]
WASHINGTON : Frigid and far-flung Neptune, our solar system's outermost planet, is adding to its reputation as an enigmatic world, with astronomers puzzled by a surprising drop in its atmospheric tem… [+3684 chars]
Electron microscopy enables researchers to visualize tiny objects such as viruses, the fine structures of semiconductor devices, and even atoms arranged on a material surface. Focusing down the elect… [+2512 chars]
THE annual Lyrids meteor shower gets under way this week, with the display of shooting stars lasting until the end of the month. The shower peaks on the evening of Friday, April 22, when the Earth p… [+1466 chars]
In the coming days, but with more intensity this Friday April 1st, the Earth will be the indirect scene of a celestial phenomenon that will be seen as a fascinating light show that can be enjoyed wit… [+2441 chars]
A fireball that blazed through the skies over Papua New Guinea in 2014 was actually a fast-moving object from another star system, according to a recent memo (opens in new tab) released by the U.S.… [+2759 chars]
An upcoming NASA JPL mission is set to launch this August, and will mark a space exploration milestone: the Psyche mission will be the first time the space agency sends a probe to a world primarily m… [+4822 chars]
A FORMER Nasa chief has explained one way that humanity could make the conditions on Mars tolerable to future colonists. Speaking to The New York Times, Jim Green described how the Red Planet could … [+4192 chars]
How do planets form? For many years scientists thought they understood this process by studying the one example we had access to: our own solar system. However, the discovery of planets around dista… [+6788 chars]
Photographer Christy Turner captured the aurora borealis on Sunday near Calgary, Alberta. Christy Turner/Spaceweather.com A blast of charged particles from the sun created an unexpected geomagnetic… [+1825 chars]
Archerfishes are the anti-aircraft gunners of the aquatic world. The fishes are famed for their amazing ability to shoot down land-based insects midflight with highly accurate streams of water they p… [+5566 chars]
My three-year-old, Max, only talks about dinosaurs. He sleeps with dinosaur toys. He refuses to watch anything other than dinosaur cartoons. Lately, he stomps around the house, growling and chomping… [+7122 chars]
