Cold Interstellar Dust Shines Bright in New Image
Updated: 2010-03-19 13:19:34
New image from Planck telescope shows cold interstellar dust reaching across Milky Way.
Newfound Alien World Resembles Those in Our Solar System
Updated: 2010-03-19 13:19:34
CoRoT mission finds gas giant exoplanet that most closely resembles Jupiter, Saturn.Cassini Sees Saturn's Rough and Tumble Rings
Updated: 2010-03-19 13:19:34Six years of Cassini observations shed light on Saturn's rings, magnetic shield.
Primordial Black Holes Formed Just After Big Bang
Updated: 2010-03-19 13:19:34A pair of primordial black holes have been spotted so far away that they likely formed relatively soon after the Big Bang, scientists announced Wednesday.Truth Behind the Photos: What the Hubble Space Telescope Really Sees
Updated: 2010-03-19 13:19:34The Hubble Space Telescope has taken many iconic images of the cosmos. But does Hubble show us what the universe really looks like?After 'Hubble 3D,' What's Next for IMAX in Space?
Updated: 2010-03-19 13:19:34The producer/director of the new i/iNew 3D Film Makes Hubble Space Telescope a Star
Updated: 2010-03-19 13:19:34The Hubble Space Telescope has long been an icon of astronomy. Now a new IMAX movie is turning it into a 3D star.NASA Shows Ireland From Space for St. Patrick�s Day
Updated: 2010-03-19 13:19:34NASA has unveiled a photo of Emerald Isle as it appears from space.Moon to Have Close Encounters with Star Clusters
Updated: 2010-03-19 13:19:34The moon will have close encounters this week with two star clusters: the Pleiades and Messier 35.Cosmic Dust Gives Milky Way a Fiery Mane
Updated: 2010-03-18 17:30:47The Planck space telescope, which is surveying the entire sky in four massive sweeps, has nearly finished its first scan. Rotating in orbit, Planck takes data of the sky in strips, almost the reverse of a chef peeling an apple in one long, thin strip. This image, taken from the scan, shows the structure and form of [...]
Cool: New Exoplanet Is Near Habitable Zone
Updated: 2010-03-17 20:34:35
Extrasolar planet hunters are excited about a not-so-hot discovery. For the first time, they’ve found a relatively cool extrasolar planet that they can study in detail.
The finding is a milestone, says study co-author Hans Deeg of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias in Tenerife, Spain, because it is the first time astronomers have found [...]