It is easy to forget just how large Saturn is, at around 10 times the diameter of Earth. And with … More
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Europa’s ‘Chaos Terrain’ –“A Window on Ocean Life Below?” (Today’s Most Popular)
"Directly sampling Europa’s ocean represents a major technological challenge and is likely far in the future," Fischer said CalTech geobiologist … More
Starburst Spider
Mars’ seasonal cap of carbon dioxide ice has eroded many beautiful terrains as it sublimates (goes directly from ice to … More
Astronaut Chris Hadfield’s Space Oddity
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A Colorful Solar Corona over the Himalayas
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The formation of carbon-rich molecules in space
The space between stars is not empty, but contains an abundance of diffuse material, about 5-10% of the total mass … More
Seeing black holes in visible light
For the first time, flickering light was seen around a nearby black hole in outburst. It was bright enough to … More
iKon-XL Large-Format CCD Camera
Andor announces the iKon-XL, a large-format CCD camera ideally suited for large instruments. The post iKon-XL Large-Format CCD Camera appeared … More
Hubble sees a supermassive and super-hungry galaxy
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows the spiral galaxy NGC 4845, located over 65 million light-years away in the … More
How to Spy on Alpha Centauri and Other Binary Stars to Hunt Exoplanets
Direct imaging of exoplanets is challenging enough when a one-star system is the target, and it’s even tougher with multistar … More