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Super-Rare, Super-Luminous Supernovae Are Likely Explosion of Universe's Earliest Stars
November 1, 2012 — The most-distant, super-luminous supernovae found to date have been observed by an international team of astronomers. The stellar explosions would have occurred at a time when the universe was much ... > full story -
Asteroid Belts of Just the Right Size Are Friendly to Life
November 1, 2012 — Solar systems with life-bearing planets may be rare if they are dependent on the presence of asteroid belts of just the right mass, according to a new study. Researchers suggest that the size and ... > full story -
Nereidum Montes Helps Unlock Mars' Glacial Past
November 1, 2012 — The European Space Agency's Mars Express revisited the Argyre basin aiming cameras at Nereidum Montes, some 380 km northeast of Hooke crater. The stunning rugged terrain of Nereidum Montes marks the ... > full story -
Cassini Halloween Treat: Titan Glows in the Dark
October 31, 2012 — A literal shot in the dark by imaging cameras on NASA's Cassini spacecraft has yielded an image of a visible glow from Titan, emanating not just from the top of Titan's atmosphere, but also -- ... > full story -
Dawn Sees 'Young' Surface on Giant Asteroid Vesta
October 31, 2012 — Like a Hollywood starlet constantly retouching her makeup, the giant asteroid Vesta is constantly stirring its outermost layer to present a young face. Data from NASA's Dawn mission show that a form ... > full story -
Stars Ancient and Modern?
October 31, 2012 — A colorful new view of the globular star cluster NGC 6362 was captured by the Wide Field Imager attached to the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the European Southern Observatory's La Silla Observatory ... > full story -
Dark Clouds, Young Stars, and a Dash of Hollywood: New Results from Space Telescope's Explorations of Stellar Birthplaces
October 31, 2012 — An astronomical project has examined the earliest stages of star formation in unprecedented depth: Using techniques more commonly encountered in Hollywood blockbuster computer graphics than in ... > full story -
Mars Like Hawaii? NASA Rover's First Soil Studies Help Fingerprint Martian Minerals
October 30, 2012 — NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has completed initial experiments showing the mineralogy of Martian soil is similar to weathered basaltic soils of volcanic origin in Hawaii. The minerals were identified ... > full story -
Additional Kepler Data Now Available to All Planet Hunters
October 29, 2012 — Twelve additional months worth of planet-searching data meticulously collected by one of the most prolific planet-hunting endeavors ever conceived, NASA's Kepler Mission, has just been ... > full story -
SpaceX Dragon Returns from Space Station With NASA Cargo
October 28, 2012 — A Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) Dragon spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean at 2:22 p.m. CDT Sunday a few hundred miles west of Baja California, Mexico. The splashdown successfully ... > full story
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