Hubble Observes Rare Blue Stars in Andromeda’s Core
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope made a rare discovery when looking deep into the neighboring Andromeda galaxy. Spotted was a population of rare blue stars in…
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Largest Galaxy Cluster in Distant Universe Found by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory
The largest galaxy cluster in the distant universe has been found and nicknamed “El Gordo,” which is much easier to say than the official name…
Milky Way Galaxy Mosaic of Images from WISE
NASA’s Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) has mapped the entire sky twice with infrared light giving us a large mosaic image that showcases a vast…
New Herschel Space Observatory Image Shows Magellanic Cloud Galaxy
A European Space Agency-led mission in combination with the Herschel Space Observatory and NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope reveal new images of the Large and Small…
NASA’s Toxic Test Chamber Allows Hellish Venus-Like Conditions on Earth
In an effort to learn how their technology will react to the hellish surface conditions on Venus, NASA engineers will put together a 12-ton toxic…
NASA’s Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) Makes Final Observation
NASA’s RXTE has made many important scientific observations over its 16-year history and on January 4th, 2012 it sent its last observation to the ground…
The Puzzle of an Eternally-Existing, Self-Reproducing, and Inflationary Universe
There are quite a few challenges for cosmologists trying to discover evidence of what it was like early in the life of our universe, but…
Orion Mockup Takes Final Splash Test
As testing continues on the next deep space exploration vehicle, Orion received its final drop test in what was a series of worst-case landing scenarios…
Our Universe Collided with Another Billions of Years Ago, Stephen Hawking States
While it’s a well-known fact that there’s an upcoming Andromeda-Milky Way collision in 3 to 5 billion years, Stephen Hawking has stated that we should…
NASA Plans Trajectory Maneuver for Mars Science Laboratory Spacecraft
On January 11, 2012, NASA is planning to conduct the biggest trajectory maneuver for the Science Laboratory Spacecraft on its mission to Mars. By precisely…
GRAIL Probes Now Orbiting The Moon
Two new satellites are now in orbit around the moon and they could give us some valuable info about whether our moon merged with another…
Comet Lovejoy Streaks Past Desert Telescope
On December 22, Guillaume Blanchard of the European Southern Observatory captured one amazing image that features two impressive objects together: comet Lovejoy and ESO’s Telescope,…
SOFIA Looking Deep Into the Orion Nebula
It’s amazing to think that a NASA telescope mounted in a specially modified Boeing 747SP jet can look into the heart of a nebula where…
NASA Probe Takes Close-Up Photos of Giant Vesta Asteroid
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has taken its first close-up images of the asteroid Vesta, revealing tons of new detail. Vesta is located in the asteroid belt…
Russia’s Mars Probe will Come Down in January
After losing contact back in November, the Russian Space Agency admits failure. The Russian Phobos-Ground spacecraft, which was to be headed for a moon of…
Comet Survives after Close Brush With the Sun
Comet Lovejoy, discovered a few weeks ago, was supposed to melt as it came so close to the sun that the temperatures would hit several…
Virginia Wants to Offer Tax Deduction for Burial in Space
The economy still stinks but Delegate Terry Kilgore is sponsoring a bill to help the citizens of Virginia by offering up to $8,000 in tax…
NASA’s Voyager 1 in “Cosmic Purgatory”
After over three decades in space, Voyager 1 is about to leave the Solar System and head into the uncharted territory of the Milky Way….
