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Moon’s water might be widespread
A new study suggests that the moon’s water is widely distributed across its surface, though it’s not necessarily easily accessible.
February 28, 2018
Some black holes erase your past
You can't survive a passage into a black hole ... or can you? A UC Berkeley mathematician says you could enter certain types of black holes, but your past would be obliterated and you'd have an infinite number of possible futures.
February 25, 2018
Supermassive black hole and host galaxy not evolving together?
Astronomers assumed supermassive black holes and their host galaxies evolve together and affect each other. They call it "co-evolution." But it's not happening in the distant galaxy WISE1029.
February 25, 2018
This asteroid sweeps closer than our moon today
The average distance of the moon is 239,000 miles (385,000 km). Asteroid 2018 DU will sweep significantly closer than that on February 25, 2018.
February 25, 2018
Mars rover finds possible rock stripes
The long-lived Opportunity Mars rover keeps finding surprises, including these possible stone stripes. On Earth, similar features result from repeated freezing and thawing of wet soil.
February 22, 2018
Amateur astronomer captures a supernova’s 1st light
Supernovae - exploding stars - are unpredictable. But an amateur astronomer in Argentina happened to catch one just as it began to explode. "It's like winning the cosmic lottery," one astronomer said.
February 21, 2018
Juno’s look at Jupiter’s swirling clouds
See swirling cloud formations in the northern area of Jupiter's north temperate belt in this new view taken by NASA’s Juno spacecraft.
February 21, 2018
Hubble sees Neptune’s dark storm die
In the 1980s, Voyager 2 discovered a dark storm in Neptune's dense atmosphere, and now the Hubble Space Telescope is tracking Neptune's storms. More in this NASA video.
February 18, 2018
ALMA telescope spies a supermassive black hole’s spinning disk
For decades, astronomers have been talking about of galaxies with supermassive black holes at their cores. Now they say they've clearly confirmed a black hole's encircling, dusty, spinning disk of gas.
February 17, 2018
Interstellar asteroid’s tumble suggests a violent past
The 1st known interstellar asteroid - 'Oumuamua - is tumbling chaotically. A new study suggests its tumble resulted from a violent collision.
February 14, 2018
