The Hubble Space Telescope imaged the elliptical galaxy NGC 474, which is located approximately 100 million light-years from Earth and is 2.5 times the size of the Milky Way. (Image credit: NASA, ESA… [+2092 chars]
An enormous asteroid four times the size of the Empire State Building is headed toward Earth — and you can watch live as it whooshes harmlessly through the night sky. The asteroid, dubbed 7335 (19… [+2825 chars]
Are shards of planet Mercury hiding on Earth? Scientists think that Mercury, the closest planet to our Sun was once a much larger cosmic body, until it collided with another space object and got ripp… [+3229 chars]
NASA's spacesuits are getting old. The extra-vehicular mobility unitsEMUs for shortwere designed and built for spacewalks outside NASA's space shuttles, which flew for the last time in 2011. Nowadays… [+4557 chars]
Whether its Elvis on your potato chip or George Washington as a McNugget, humans are extremely good at spotting human-like faces where there shouldnt be any. Ever thought a three-point plug looks… [+6429 chars]
For hundreds of millions of years, Earths climate has warmed and cooled with natural fluctuations in the level of carbon dioxide (CO) in the atmosphere. Over the past century, humans have pushed CO l… [+6145 chars]
Following is a summary of current science news briefs. Chile's ALMA seeks to double capacity in a decade after a slow re-opening Now that Chile's ALMA Observatory is running at full force after the… [+3711 chars]
