Rare stellar alignment offers opportunity to hunt for planets
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope will have two opportunities in the next few years to hunt for Earth-sized planets around the red dwarf Proxima Centauri.
Jun 4th, 2013
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Lightest exoplanet imaged so far?
Nine years after ESO's Very Large Telescope captured the first image of an exoplanet, the planetary companion to the brown dwarf 2M1207, the same team has caught on camera what is probably the lightest of these objects so far.
Jun 3rd, 2013
Read moreOn board Mars Express, in orbit around the Red Planet (w/video)
The mission that has enabled German Aerospace Center scientists to study Mars was launched 10 years ago.
Jun 3rd, 2013
Read moreNASA to launch equipment for 3D manufacturing in space
In preparation for a future where parts and tools can be printed on demand in space, NASA and Made in Space Inc. have joined to launch equipment for the first 3-D microgravity printing experiment to the International Space Station.
May 31st, 2013
Read moreResearchers discover a general picture of solar storm Sun-to-Earth propagation
With data from NASA's twin spacecraft, STEREO, researchers developed a novel technique, called geometric triangulation, which can determine the trajectory and velocity of coronal mass ejections continuously when they travel in interplanetary space.
May 31st, 2013
Read more'Population census' of galaxies buried in dust
Conventional research on distant galaxies have been carried out mainly with visible light and near infrared light. However, it is possible that many galaxies in the universe have been overlooked as much of that radiation is largely absorbed by cosmic dust.
May 31st, 2013
Read moreAsteroids provide sustainable resource, study finds
The prospects of a robotic manufacturing base operating off Earth is not as far-fetched as it used to be according to a study published by a team of NASA researchers led by a Kennedy Space Center physicist.
May 30th, 2013
Read moreAn answer to a lunar mystery: Why is the moon's gravity so uneven?
Simulations based on GRAIL data show how gravitational anomalies developed early in lunar history.
May 30th, 2013
Read moreRadiation exposure on journey to Mars could exceed NASA's career limit for astronauts
Measurements taken by NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission as it delivered the Curiosity rover to Mars in 2012 are providing NASA the information it needs to design systems to protect human explorers from radiation exposure on deep-space expeditions in the future.
May 30th, 2013
Read moreMars curiosity rover provides strong evidence for flowing water
Rocks analyzed by NASA's Mars Curiosity Rover team provide solid evidence that Mars had rivers or streams.
May 30th, 2013
Read moreA stellar mid-life crisis: why do some cluster stars die early?
It was written in the stars all along, but we've just found out: a whopping 70% of stars in a widely-studied cluster die before reaching old age which, for stars, is the most productive stage of their lives.
May 30th, 2013
Read moreResearchers use weightlessness of space to design better materials for Earth
Researchers from Northeastern University are among the many scientists helping NASA use the weightlessness of space to design stronger materials here on Earth.
May 29th, 2013
Read moreA new kind of cosmic glitch
The physics behind some of the most extraordinary stellar objects in the Universe just became even more puzzling. A group of astronomers using NASA's Swift satellite have discovered a new kind of glitch in the cosmos, specifically in the rotation of a neutron star.
May 29th, 2013
Read moreThe DNA ARK project wants to send your DNA to extraterrestrial civilizations
The DNA Ark Project is organised to preserve the human heritage even in case of a universal catastrophe. The DNA Ark is a holder containing DNA samples, as well as graphic and written messages to extraterrestrial civilizations on the hull.
May 29th, 2013
Read moreMeasuring all the light in the universe since the Big Bang
How much light has been emitted by all galaxies since the cosmos began? After all, almost every photon from ultraviolet to far infrared wavelengths ever radiated by all galaxies that ever existed throughout cosmic history is still speeding through the Universe today. If we could carefully measure the number and energy (wavelength) of all those photons we might learn important secrets about the nature and evolution of the Universe.
May 24th, 2013
Read moreHubble reveals the Ring Nebula's true shape
The Ring Nebula's distinctive shape makes it a popular illustration for astronomy books. But new observations by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope of the glowing gas shroud around an old, dying, sun-like star reveal a new twist.
May 23rd, 2013
Read moreA hidden population of exotic neutron stars
Magnetars - the dense remains of dead stars that erupt sporadically with bursts of high-energy radiation - are some of the most extreme objects known in the Universe. A major campaign using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and several other satellites shows magnetars may be more diverse and common - than previously thought.
May 23rd, 2013
Read moreESO's Very Large Telescope celebrates 15 years of success
With this new view of a spectacular stellar nursery ESO is celebrating 15 years of the Very Large Telescope - the world's most advanced optical instrument.
May 23rd, 2013
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