Saturn’s Glowing Rings
[/caption] The Cassini spacecraft recently flew through the plane of Saturn's rings and took this straight-on image of the G…
Companion Dwarf Galaxy Almost Invisible
A team of astronomers has discovered the least luminous, most dark matter-filled galaxy known to exist. The Segue 1 galaxy…
Winds on Venus are Variable, Cyclical
[/caption] The Venus Express spacecraft has been continuously monitoring the planet in orbit since 2006, and scientists now have enough…
Where In the Universe Challenge #21
Here's this week's image for the "Where In The Universe" challenge. Take a look at the image above and guess…
Super-massive and Small Black Holes Both Suck
[/caption] Sorry, couldn't resist that title. Astronomers studying black holes are able to "see" them due to the fact that…
Phoenix Lander Working Hard Before Summer’s End on Mars
The Phoenix Mars Lander is working as fast as it can to dig and deliver as many samples as possible…
Planet Closest to the Sun
[/caption]Mercury, the planet closest to the Sun, is a study in extremes and offers many surprises. The extremes of the…
Where is the Sun?
[/caption] I'm sure you know that we live in the Milky Way galaxy, but where is the Sun located? And…
Hubble NICMOS Instrument Experiences Anomaly
[/caption] A cooling system for the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) science instrument aboard the Hubble telescope experienced…
Podcast: The Search for the Theory of Everything
[/caption] At the earliest moments of the Universe, there were no separate forces, energy or matter. It was all just…