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Artificial intelligence probes gravity’s lens
Researchers at SLAC and Stanford have been using brain-mimicking neural networks to analyze the spacetime distortions of gravitational lenses. They say their analysis is 10 million times faster than before.
September 5, 2017
Millions of stars
This image sequence from ESA's billion-star surveyor - Gaia - looks toward the center of our Milky Way galaxy and captures some 2.8 million stars.
September 4, 2017
A new look at ocean worlds
Here's how the James Webb Space Telescope - successor to Hubble, due to launch in 2018 - will study Jupiter's moon Europa and Saturn's moon Enceladus.
September 4, 2017
Asteroid Florence found to have 2 moons
3122 Florence passed yesterday, biggest near-Earth object to pass so close in a century. Radar revealed 2 orbiting moons! Plus a chart that'll help you spot the asteroid.
September 2, 2017
Alien seekers report 15 more fast radio bursts from FRB 121102
Breakthrough Listen – an initiative to find signs of intelligent life in the universe – used the Green Bank Telescope to observe the bursts from the mysterious distant object known as FRB 121102.
September 2, 2017
First hints of water on TRAPPIST-1 planets
A new Hubble study suggests possible substantial water on the outer Earth-sized planets orbiting nearby dwarf star TRAPPIST-1.
September 1, 2017
Exploring the triggers of cosmic disaster
A new study uses data from ESA's Gaia satellite to give the first systematic estimate of how often passing stars nudge comets from the Oort Cloud and send them plunging toward the inner solar system.
August 31, 2017
Mystery of high-energy cosmic rays
Hold out your hand for 10 seconds. A dozen electrons and muons just zipped through your palm. These cosmic rays, scientists believe, come from violent explosions in deep space.
August 28, 2017
Space station transits sun during eclipse
There was only one part of Earth where you could catch the International Space Station crossing the sun's face during the August 21 solar eclipse. These guys saw it, and created this video.
August 24, 2017
More space views of the eclipse
Primeval and technological wonder meet. A collection of the best images we saw, from a variety of space-based observing platforms.
August 23, 2017
