
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

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

NASA Technologist Makes Traveling to Hard-to-Reach Destinations Easier
Traveling to remote
locations sometimes involves
navigating through
stop-and-go traffic,
traversing long stretches of
... > full story
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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 -
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Plasmonic Black Metals: Breakthrough in Solar Energy Research?
July 30, 2013 The use of plasmonic black metals could someday provide a pathway to more efficient photovoltaics -- the use of solar panels containing photovoltaic solar cells -- to improve solar energy harvesting, ... > 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 -
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 -
NASA's Chandra Sees Eclipsing Planet in X-Rays for First Time
July 29, 2013 For the first time since exoplanets, or planets around stars other than the sun, were discovered almost 20 years ago, X-ray observations have detected an exoplanet passing in front of its parent ... > full story -
Pulsating Star Sheds Light on Exoplanet
July 29, 2013 Astronomers have devised a way to measure the internal properties of stars —- a method that offers more accurate assessments of their orbiting ... > full story
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