Gemini Goes Silver
The 8-metre Gemini South telescope has been coated with pure silver to give it more resolution when viewing objects in…
Molecular Nitrogen Found Outside our Solar System
Astronomers have used the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) satellite to detect molecular nitrogen in interstellar space. Nitrogen is common…
Europeans Agree to Build Instrument for Webb Telescope
The European Space Agency has decided on how it will contribute to the construction of the next generation James Webb…
New Estimate for the Mass of Higgs Boson
Since its existence was first theorized in the 1960s, scientists have been searching for the mysterious Higgs boson. This subatomic…
Phoebe: Cassini’s First Target
Now only three weeks from entering orbit around Saturn, it's time for Cassini to begin making some close up observations.…
New Horizons Mission Will Measure the Solar Wind out at Pluto
Scheduled for launch in 2006, the New Horizons mission will finally get a close up view of Pluto, the only…
New Simulation Improves Ideas of Galaxy Formation
A new simulation of galaxy formation developed at the University of Chicago does a much better job of predicting what…
How Deforestation in Brazil is Affecting Local Climate
Satellites are giving scientists a bird's eye view of deforestation in the Brazilian rainforest, and the impact this is happening…
Opportunity Checks the Edge of the Crater
Opportunity has been gingerly testing the edge of Endurance Crater to make sure it's stable enough for the rover to…
Early Earth was Warm, Despite Less Energy From the Sun
When life first arose on the Earth, 4.6 billion years ago, the Sun was putting out 20-25% less energy -…