This Week’s WITU Challenge
Here's this week's image for the WITU Challenge, to test your visual knowledge of the cosmos. You know what to…
LRO’s Closer Look at the Apollo 12 Landing Site
Close-up view of Apollo 12 landing site from LRO. Credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University Wow! Just look at the detail visible…
Mars Explorers May Use AI to Become ‘Cyborg Astrobiologists’
Ever heard of a 'Cyborg Astrobiologist'? Probably not. But I bet you'll want to be one after learning that future…
Multi-Planet System is Chaotic, Dusty
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope captured this infrared image of a giant halo of very fine dust around the young star…
Rosetta to Make Final Earth Flyby Nov. 13th
The comet chasing spacecraft Rosetta will make its third and final swing by the Earth on November 13th to pick…
Neutron Star at Core of Cas A Has Carbon Atmosphere
A Chandra X-ray Observatory image of the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A. Credit: NASA/CXC Supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (Cas A) has…
Masten wins $1 million X-Prize on Last Possible Day
The X-Prize competition for building a lander vehicle capable of making a simulated landing and liftoff on the Moon has…
New CMB Measurements Support Standard Model
New measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) - the leftover light from the Big Bang - lend further support…
Hints of More Extra-Galactic Planets
[/caption] We regularly report on the discovery of extrasolar planets in our galaxy, but earlier this year came news of…
Space Junk Threatens Future Missions
[/caption] The U.S. Air Force began upgrading its ability to predict possible collisions in space after two satellites collided in…