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Huge gas cloud headed for Milky Way
In about 30 million years, a massive cloud of gas - called Smith's Cloud - will collide with the Milky Way.
October 11, 2016
Our universe has no direction
The universe isn't spinning or stretched in any particular direction, according to stringent tests from scientists in London.
October 10, 2016
Giant ‘cannonballs’ shooting from star
The Hubble Space Telescope has detected superhot blobs of gas, each twice as massive as the planet Mars, being ejected near a dying star.
October 9, 2016
Evidence for a wandering black hole
Astronomers have found another possible rogue black hole, with about 100,000 times our sun's mass. It may have come from a small galaxy falling into a larger one.
October 8, 2016
A 3rd Saturn moon has subsurface ocean
Saturn's moons Titan and Enceladus are already known to hide oceans beneath their icy crusts. Researchers think there's an ocean deep in Saturn’s moon Dione as well.
October 6, 2016
A forming solar system with spiral arms
Astronomers are beginning to find spiral structure in forming solar systems, which was earlier predicted by theory.
October 3, 2016
Farewell, Rosetta comet mission
ESA's great Rosetta comet mission has come to an end. Details from its final hour, here.
September 30, 2016
Need details on SpaceX’s Mars mission?
Links, photos and more about Elon Musk's plan to make humans a multiplanetary species.
September 29, 2016
Mercury is tectonically active
New findings suggest Mercury is contracting and experiences ongoing "mercuryquakes."
September 29, 2016
Possible water plumes spotted on Europa
Water plumes erupting on Jupiter's moon Europa might make it easier to investigate whether life exists in the warm ocean believed to be deep beneath its icy surface.
September 27, 2016
