A 'wispy' galaxy 4 billion light-years away from us features in a glorious new photo from the Hubble Space Telescope. Called GAMA 526784, the galaxy represents one of a set of "ultra-diffuse" galaxi… [+2036 chars]
The sun unleashed a powerful side flare last week. The eruption came from a sunspot on the western limb of our local star, and represents the most powerful solar flare seen since 2017. NASA's Sola… [+2357 chars]
A test mission would launch around 2025 An illustration of NASAs DART spacecraft just before it hits Dimorphos NASA Chinas space agency plans to send a spacecraft to slam into an asteroid, knocki… [+2461 chars]
The earliest documented case of an aurora, the fleeting but brilliantly colored lights that sometimes illuminate the night sky, dates to the early 10th century B.C., a new study on an ancient Chinese… [+4324 chars]
By Doug Norrie | 2 hours ago Ever been able to see a moon crash all the way into a planet before? Me neither, but one day folks might get that very chance. Though its going to take a while. Scienti… [+2717 chars]
Europa is one of the most intriguing worlds in the solar system. Its the smallest of Jupiters big moons, and just a wee bit smaller than our own Moon. When the two Voyager spacecraft flew by in 1979… [+6667 chars]
While you might take a water bottle and a few granola bars on your next hiking trip, astronauts walking on the moon need to be a bit more prepared. Thats why NASA has developed a new high-tech backpa… [+1964 chars]
ByUniversity of California - RiversideApril 25, 2022 A sequence of images from Solar Dynamic Observatory in 171 angstroms of the Venus transit, merged together to show the path of Venus across the s… [+2201 chars]
ByEleni Ravanis, University of Hawaii at MnoaApril 25, 2022 This illustration depicts NASAs Perseverance rover operating on the surface of Mars. Credit: NASA We made it! Perseverance is at the delt… [+3585 chars]
81 with 52 posters participating, including story author An unfortunate byproduct of the arguments over climate change has been the publication of some truly awful books. Think tank staff members, d… [+4332 chars]
That same astronomical thinking led them to patch the ancient Babylonian method of counting by 60, the sexagesimal system, onto the hour. Just as they divided the 360 degrees of a circle or the spher… [+2141 chars]
Pluto is lucky to exist in the orbit that it does, according to new computer simulations that show how the dwarf planet skirts near a chaotic orbit that could potentially destroy the beloved world. … [+3515 chars]
