Sign Up for Our Amazing Newsletter!
A daily update by email. Science news, great photos, sky alerts.
Thank you! Your submission has been received!
Oops! Something went wrong while submitting the form.
Great Perseid photos here
Have you seen Perseid meteors in your sky? If you have had cloudy skies - or even if not - enjoy these images from all around the world.
August 13, 2015
Charting the slow death of the universe
A study of 200,000 galaxies found they had lost half their energy in just 2 billion years.
August 13, 2015
Swirling mystery of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot
The Great Red Spot has been swirling wildly over Jupiter for the past 150 years, but scientists still aren't sure what causes the gigantic storm's reddish hues.
August 11, 2015
Dates of sun’s entry into each zodiac constellation
Dates of sun's entry into each zodiacal constellation and the corresponding ecliptic longitude (sun's position in degrees, east of the March equinox point).
August 10, 2015
Astronomers measure most distant galaxy
The galaxy, called EGSY8p7, is about 13.2 billion light-years away. That means astronomers are now seeing it as it existed just 600 million years after the Big Bang.
August 10, 2015
Video: Cruise over dwarf planet Ceres
Take a tour of weird Ceres! Visit the mysterious bright spots and a 4-mile-tall mountain. And get your red/blue glasses out for a global view in 3D.
August 7, 2015
Is this the largest feature in the universe?
Astronomers have found what appears to be the largest feature in the universe: a ring of gamma ray bursts - and hence galaxies - 5 billion light years across.
August 7, 2015
How sunlight pushes asteroids
What makes the difference between a near-miss asteroid and a potential hit? Scientists think it might be related to a force called the Yarkovsky effect.
August 6, 2015
Tracking an oddball group of near-Earth asteroids
Astronomers have traced some mysterious near-Earth asteroids back to their likely source.
August 4, 2015
Breakthrough Listen not all about aliens
New SETI project will scan the skies for signs of alien communications, but might also unveil other secrets about the universe.
August 4, 2015
