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Astronomers Discovery a Graveyard for Comets
Astronomers have discovered
a graveyard of comets. The
researchers describe how
some of these objects,
inactive for millions of
years, have returned to life
leading them to name the
... > full story
Monster Galaxies Lose Their Appetite With Age
Our universe is filled with
gobs of galaxies, bound
together by gravity into
larger families called
clusters. Lying at the heart
of most clusters is a
... > full story
Las Cumbres Observatory 'Sinistro' Astronomy Imager Captures First Light
The Las Cumbres Observatory
Global Telescope has
captured its first on-sky
images with the production
Sinistro CCD camera. ... > full story
When Galaxies Switch Off: Hubble's COSMOS Survey Solves 'Quenched' Galaxy Mystery
Some galaxies hit a point in
their lives when their star
formation is snuffed out,
and they become "quenched".
Quenched galaxies in the
... > full story
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Under Leaden Skies: Where Heavy Metal Clouds the Stars
August 1, 2013 — Astronomers have discovered two unusual stars with extremely high concentrations of lead in their ... > full story -
NASA Technologist Makes Traveling to Hard-to-Reach Destinations Easier
July 31, 2013 — Traveling to remote locations sometimes involves navigating through stop-and-go traffic, traversing long stretches of highway and maneuvering sharp turns and steep hills. The same can be said for ... > full story -
New Explorer Mission Chooses the 'Just-Right' Orbit
July 31, 2013 — Principal investigator George Ricker likes to call it the "Goldilocks orbit" -- it's not too close to Earth and her Moon, and it's not too far. In fact, it's just right. And as a result of this ... > full story -
Spitzer Discovers Young Stars With a 'Hula Hoop'
July 31, 2013 — Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have spotted a young stellar system that "blinks" every 93 days. Called YLW 16A, the system likely consists of three developing stars, two of which ... > full story -
NASA's Cassini Sees Forces Controlling Enceladus Jets
July 31, 2013 — The intensity of the jets of water ice and organic particles that shoot out from Saturn's moon Enceladus depends on the moon's proximity to the ringed planet, according to data obtained by NASA's ... > full story -
Saturn's Mimas and Pandora: Two Moons Passing in the Night
July 31, 2013 — The Saturn moons Mimas and Pandora remind us of how different they are when they appear together, as in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Pandora's small size means that it lacks ... > full story -
Planetary 'Runaway Greenhouse' More Easily Triggered, Research Shows
July 30, 2013 — It might be easier than previously thought for a planet to overheat into the scorchingly uninhabitable "runaway greenhouse" stage, according to new ... > full story -
Station Astronauts Remotely Control Planetary Rover from Space
July 30, 2013 — On June 17 and July 26, NASA tested the Surface Telerobotics exploration concept, in which an astronaut in an orbiting spacecraft remotely operates a robot on a planetary ... > full story -
Beam Me Up, Scotty! Would Teleporting Humans Into Space Be Possible?
July 30, 2013 — In the science fiction show, Star Trek, teleportation is a regular and significant feature. But how much time and power is required to send the data needed to teleport a human ... > full story -
Capturing Black Hole Spin Could Further Understanding of Galaxy Growth
July 29, 2013 — Astronomers have found a new way of measuring the spin in supermassive black holes, which could lead to better understanding about how they drive the growth of ... > full story
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