Earth, Barely Habitable?
Our home planet has been often described in glowing, nurturing terms. A cradle for life, right in the goldilocks zone.…
Hidden Quasars – Found!
Quasars are some of the brightest objects in the Universe. Just a single quasar can blaze more than a hundred…
The Universe Held a Party, and We Missed It
It's too bad. Life evolved here on Earth after the Universe's big parties already ended. Sure, there's the occasional galaxy…
Beautiful View of the Cygnus Loop
Let's stop all this science talk for a second and just enjoy this amazing photograph. It's an image of Pickering's…
Massive Disk Galaxies Collapsed From a Single Cloud of Gas
Here's the traditional thinking. The grand spiral galaxies like our own Milky Way took a long time to come together…
Time Lapse Animation of Galaxy Jets
The Academy Awards doesn't have a category for "Best Galaxy Jet in a Leading Role", and that's too bad. If…
A Powerful Blast From the Distant Past
As sure as the Sun rises, you can expect that astronomers are going to beat their records. Today, we can…
A Snapshot of NASA’s Science Plans
As you're probably aware, NASA has a lot of robotic explorers out there in space, and even more the works…
The Plan to Fix Hubble
Although the space shuttles have a busy schedule completing the construction of the International Space Station, there's one other job…
China Plans for Big Year in Space
China is hoping to launch 15 rockets, 17 satellites and its third manned mission in 2008. This is an ambitious…