Astronomy News

Latest exoplanet entry creeps closer to long-sought goal of habitability elsewhere

Particles giving clues to composition of space beyond solar system

Solar flare sets off auroras around the Arctic Circle

Distant point of light may not have been a planet after all

Mysterious lunar lights are the superhot remains of meteorites pelting the surface

They say there is no place like home. For Caltech's George Helou, the essence of that phrase carries over to the recognition of his accomplishments. This past year, he has received numerous honors from Lebanon, his country of origin, including his election to the Lebanese Academy of Sciences. The tributes bestowed by the Mediterranean nation cite Helou's distinguished career in astronomy in the United States and Europe.

Simulation suggests extra spatial directions failed to thrive

Astronomers pinpoint what feeds a type of stellar explosion

Analysis suggests a galaxy riddled with worlds

Imagine you are a high school student walking into your science class in September and you learn that your teacher is doing research with NASA and you can actually participate This experience is occurring in schools around the US as more and more teachers become part of the NASA/IPAC Teacher Archive Research Program. 2012 marks the program's 8th year.

Probing galactic distortions reveals web of invisible matter

The stars we see today weren't always as serene as they appear, floating alone in the dark of night. Most stars, likely including our own sun, grew up in cosmic turmoil, as illustrated in this new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.

The cold dust that builds blazing stars is revealed in new images that combine observations from the Herschel Space Observatory and Spitzer Space Telescope. The new images map the dust in the galaxies known as the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, two of the closest neighbors to our own Milky Way galaxy.

Particles’ precursor doesn’t have enough energy to produce such speeds

Cassini captures Titan and Dione against the sixth planet's rings

Roasted remains orbit former red giant

A remote, blob-shaped galaxy has been found bursting with stars by NASA's Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes.

Planet hunt finds two orbs of terrestrial proportions orbiting a distant sunlike star

European collider finds traces of what could be the Higgs boson

Though in the habitable zone, newly discovered planet probably not habitable