May 18 2011
Lonely Planets Populate the Cosmos
Who needs a solar system? Research shows solitary planets may be more common in the universe.
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Apr 28 2011
Space Telescopes Spot Asteroid Collision Debris
Main-belt asteroid 596 Scheila was hit by a much smaller, unknown asteroid late last year and the Swift and Hubble telescopes were there to see the aftermath.
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Apr 28 2011
Andromeda’s Jewel in ‘Invisible’ Light
The European Space Agency has released a new animation compiling microwave, infrared, optical, ultraviolet, and x-ray observations of our nearest big galaxy, Andromeda.
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Apr 07 2011
Mysterious Cosmic Blast a Hungry Black Hole?
Bright blasts of radiation from the center of a galaxy 3.8 billion light-years from Earth are puzzling astronomers.
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Feb 16 2011
Solar Boom! Sun Unleashes Monster Flare
The explosive sun we all know and love is back! And it's packing a punch.
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Jan 26 2011
Oldest Galaxy Uncloaked by Hubble
If confirmed, the discovery would push back the appearance of galaxies about 100 million years closer to the Big Bang.
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Jan 20 2011
The Crab, the Pulsar and the Gamma-Ray ‘Burp’
Why is the pulsar at the center of the Crab Nebula acting so strange?
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Jan 15 2011
Black Hole Growth: Galactic Mergers Found ‘Not Guilty’
How do black holes grow? One would think that two merging galaxies would force more material into these ravenous objects, but according to new research, this might not be the case.
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Jan 13 2011
Planck Stares Through Our Dusty Milky Way
In an effort to study the ubiquitous cosmic microwave background, the European Planck space telescope needs to understand the dusty pollution in our own back yard.
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