Jul 06 2011
Eroding NASA Science: Space Telescope Scrapped?
After months of James Webb Space Telescope mismanagement accusations, a U.S. House subcommittee has recommended the $6.5 billion project's cancellation.
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Jun 27 2011
Messier 105 Galaxy: ‘I’m Not Dead Yet!’
Who says old galaxies don't have kick left in them?
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Jun 27 2011
First Photos of Incoming Asteroid 2011 MD
As asteroid 2011 MD approaches, astronomers have been hard at work photographing the incoming space rock.
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Jun 24 2011
INCOMING! Asteroid to Narrowly Miss Earth on Monday
Astronomer Mark Thompson reports on the large asteroid that will pass within 8,000 miles from Earth and why we were given such short notice.
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Jun 21 2011
Monster Chinese Telescope the Next ET Hunter?
In radio astronomy, the bigger the telescope, the better. And the next big Chinese telescope is expected to blow the competition out of the water.
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Jun 21 2011
What Happens at the Summer Solstice?
You just lived through a beautifully subtle celestial event: the moment of summer solstice.
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Jun 20 2011
Spitzer Spots Protostar’s ‘Crystal Rain’
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has observed a strange kind of greenish "crystal rain" falling onto a protostar called HOPS-68 in the constellation Orion.
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Jun 17 2011
Mars Moon Phobos Sails by Jupiter
Think the lunar eclipse was cool? Well, check out the view from Europe's Mars Express, which is the only known witness to a recent eclipse of Jupiter by the Martian moon Phobos.
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Jun 07 2011
Twitter Helps Astronomers Zero-In on M51 Supernova
Q: What do you get when you combine a supernova, Twitter and a bit of luck? A: A night in Hawai'i astronomer Alex Filippenko will never forget.
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Jun 01 2011
Astronomers Spy Milky Way’s Twin
You may not have heard of NGC 6744, a galaxy about 30 million light years away from Earth, but it sure looks familiar.
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