It is easy to forget just how large Saturn is, at around 10 times the diameter of Earth. And with…
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…
Starburst Spider
Mars’ seasonal cap of carbon dioxide ice has eroded many beautiful terrains as it sublimates (goes directly from ice to…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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