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The Space Race Is On
The Space Shuttle may have taken its final, valedictory tour across the United States, but that’s no reason to...
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Curiosity Mars Rover Finds Soil Similar to Hawaii’s
Nasa’s Curiosity rover has found soil on Mars to be similar to Hawaii’s after sifting and scanning its first...
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Boeing Engineers to Develop Rocket to Take Humans to Mars
After having launched the space rover Curiosity to Mars, researchers at NASA are now planning to send people to...
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How Paintballs Could Save Earth From Giant Asteroid Impact
An epic battle between paintballs and a giant asteroid could one day save the Earth from an apocalyptic space...
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Revealing a Mini-Supermassive Black Hole
One of the lowest mass supermassive black holes ever observed in the middle of a galaxy has been identified,...
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Mystery Glow of Dark Matter Halos Fueled by Extragalactic Stars
Stars ripped from their home galaxies as they collide with other galaxies can get slung into giant invisible cocoons...
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1 Picture, 9,000 Megapixels, 84 Million Stars
The center of our galaxy, as seen by the powerful Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA) instrument...
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Europe to Begin Search for Habitable Planets in Our Cosmic Backyard
The European Space Agency has approved the first of its small science missions. Don't let the description fool you,...
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Astronomers Study 2-Million-Light-Year ‘Extragalactic Afterburner’
Blasting over two million lights years from the centre of a distant galaxy is a supersonic jet of material...
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A Surprising Trend in Galaxy Evolution
NASA astronomers have discovered a stunning trend in galaxy evolution, according to a report from the space agency. The...