It’s a Galaxy Eat Galaxy Universe
Japanese researchers using the Subaru Telescope have found a large galaxy caught in the act of consuming a smaller companion…
Life’s There, You Just Need to Dig
Scientists believed they'd finally reached the limits of microbial life with the heart of the Atacama desert in Chile. This…
How Did the First Stars Form?
Early star formation is a bit of a puzzle for astronomers, since all the stars that we can see formed…
Space Elevator? Build it on the Moon First
Science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke famously predicted that we'd see space elevators 50 years after people stopped laughing at…
Magnetic Bubble Could Protect Astronauts on Long Trips
It?s the year 2027 and NASA?s Vision for Space Exploration is progressing right on schedule. The first interplanetary spacecraft with…
NASA Scramjet Hits Mach 9.8
The X-43A scramjet broke its own world record for air breathing engines on Tuesday, when it traveled at nearly 10…
Swift Launch Pushed Back a Day
NASA's Swift spacecraft is sitting on top of a Boeing Delta II rocket at Florida's Cape Canaveral, waiting for technical…
Collapsed Canyons on Mars
The European Space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft took this photograph of a series of canyon systems on the surface of…
X-43 Flight Delayed
NASA has pushed back the launch of its X-43A because of instrument trouble used up most of their launch window…
SMART-1 Goes Into Lunar Orbit
The European Space Agency's SMART-1 spacecraft is no longer orbiting the Earth... it's orbiting the Moon! The spacecraft has been…