Europe’s Rosetta spacecraft has spotted big grains of water ice on the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko; the grains may have…
The post Big Bang revealed: A first step towards understanding the early Universe
After the Big Bang, the Universe expanded and, by cooling down, the matter progressively took shape. The first stars and…
ESO/NASA: “Was Interacting Dark Matter Observed for the 1st Time?” (Today’s Most Popular)
In spring of 2015, dark matter may have been observed for the first time interacting with other dark matter in…
JunoCam cruise data, and a look ahead to Jupiter
Juno is now fewer than six months and 100 million kilometers away from Jupiter, and the Juno team is busily…
Image of the Day: “A Cosmic UFO?”
No, it’s the the Necklace Nebula is located 15,000 light-years away in the constellation Sagitta (the Arrow). In this composite…
Galaxy quakes in our Milky Way
Astronomers say they can use "galactoseismology" – the study of ripples in a galaxy’s disk – to map the interior…
First Light For Future Black Hole Probe
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New Seafloor Map Helps Scientists Find New Features
An international scientific team recently published a new map of the ocean floor based on Earth’s gravity field, and it…
Did Life Ever Exist On Mars? Russian/European Probe To Find Out | Video
The ExoMars program consists of two missions. The first – an Orbiter + Entry, Descent and Landing Demonstrator – is…