Jul 25 2011
The Large Magellanic Cloud is a Bit of a Bully
It looks like the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) has been poaching stars from its smaller sibling, the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). Bad LMC!
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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 16 2011
Star SOS Detected From Space
Astronomers pick up a mayday call from a star being ripped apart by a black hole 3.8 billion light-years from Earth.
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Jun 16 2011
Hungry Black Holes Lurk at Edge of the Universe
13 billion light-years away, at the very edge of our observable universe, supermassive black holes lurk inside their galactic hosts, feeding.
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Jun 15 2011
Through The Wormhole: Where’s the Cosmic ‘Edge’?
Tonight at 10 p.m. E/P on Science Channel, Morgan Freeman will explore the furthest-most reaches of the Universe. Find out what he discovers.
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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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May 31 2011
3-D Galaxy Map Reveals Cosmic Neighborhood
A new 3-D map of our corner of the universe includes 45,000 galaxies within about 380 million light-years from Earth.
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May 23 2011
How to Learn a Star’s (and Its Planets’) Age
A star's rotation slows with time, research shows, giving scientists a clock to understand its age.
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May 20 2011
Milky Way Has Rare Symmetry
The galaxy is a rare beauty: One half of the Milky Way is essentially the mirror image of the other.
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