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Organic Carbon from Mars, but Not Biological
Molecules containing large
chains of carbon and
hydrogen -- the building
blocks of all life on Earth
-- have been the targets of
missions to Mars from Viking
... > full story
Nomads of the Galaxy: What Does It Mean to Have Quadrillions of Planets Adrift in Milky Way?
Planets simply adrift in
space may not only be common
in the cosmos; in the Milky
Way Galaxy alone, their
number may be in the
... > full story
Best Time to Study the Cosmos Was More Than 13 Billion Years Ago
The universe is a
marvelously complex place,
filled with galaxies and
larger-scale structures that
have evolved over its
13.7-billion-year history.
... > full story
Zapping Deadly Bacteria Using Space Technology
Technology spin-off from
long-running research aboard
the International Space
Station is opening up a new
way to keep hospital
patients safe from
... > full story
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Hubble Spies Edge-on Beauty: Galaxy NGC 891
May 21, 2012 — Visible in the constellation of Andromeda, NGC 891 is located approximately 30 million light-years away from Earth. The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope turned its powerful wide field Advanced Camera ... > full story -
Measuring Transient X-Rays With Lobster Eyes
May 18, 2012 — A technology that mimics the structure of a lobster's eyes is now being applied to a new instrument that could help revolutionize X-ray astronomy and keep astronauts safe on the International Space ... > full story -
Giant Galaxy-Packed Filament Revealed
May 17, 2012 — Astronomers have discovered a giant, galaxy-packed filament ablaze with billions of new stars. The filament is the first structure of its kind spied in a critical era of cosmic buildup when colossal ... > full story -
NASA Lends Galaxy Evolution Explorer to Caltech
May 16, 2012 — NASA is lending the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena, where the spacecraft will continue its exploration of the cosmos. In a ... > full story -
Three-Telescope Interferometry Allows Astrophysicists to Observe How Black Holes Are Fueled
May 16, 2012 — By combining the light of three powerful infrared telescopes, scientists have observed the active accretion phase of a supermassive black hole in the center of a galaxy tens of millions of light ... > full story -
Baby Galaxies Grew Up Quickly
May 16, 2012 — Baby galaxies from the young universe more than 12 billion years ago evolved faster than previously thought, shows new research. This means that already in the early history of the universe, there ... > full story -
Deeper Look at Centaurus A
May 16, 2012 — The strange galaxy Centaurus A is pictured in a new image from the European Southern Observatory. With a total exposure time of more than 50 hours this is probably the deepest view of this peculiar ... > full story -
A Supernova Cocoon Breakthrough
May 15, 2012 — Astronomers have the first X-ray evidence of a supernova shock wave breaking through a cocoon of gas surrounding the star that exploded. This discovery may help astronomers understand why some ... > full story -
Black Holes Turn Up the Heat for the Universe
May 15, 2012 — Astrophysicists have just discovered a new heating source in cosmological structure formation. Until now, astrophysicists thought that super-massive black holes could only influence their immediate ... > full story -
How Nature Shapes the Birth of Stars
May 11, 2012 — Using state of the art computer simulations, a team of astronomers have found the first evidence that the way in which stars form depends on their birth ... > full story
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