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Thud of Philae landing on comet
Take 2 seconds to listen to a sound made 311 million miles away.
November 21, 2014
Is this exotic object an ejected black hole or a huge star?
Is SDSS1133 a supermassive black hole ejected from its home galaxy, or the remains of a massive star that exploded as a supernova? Astronomers aren't sure.
November 19, 2014
Subaru Telescope detects sudden appearance of 7 galaxies in early universe
Japanese astronomers probing deeply back into our universe's early history have found 7 galaxies at a time when the universe was only 700 million years old.
November 19, 2014
Video: Could humans actually live on planet Mars?
Could we survive on Mars? The AsapSCIENCE guys address the question.
November 19, 2014
Men and women adapt differently to spaceflight
A study looks at differences in the ways that men and women's bodies react to time spent in space.
November 19, 2014
Bizarre black hole alignments over billions of light-years
The black holes are central to quasars in the early universe. Researchers say the probability that their aligned spin is the result of chance is less than 1%.
November 19, 2014
Asteroid Vesta now has its own geologic maps
Vesta is revealed as a world in space - albeit a little world - in these new maps of its surface. Scientists say the maps of Vesta reveals its history.
November 18, 2014
Rosetta spots Philae’s bounce across the comet
Never-before-seen images of a bouncy comet landing! Shows Philae lander attempting to touch down in the weak gravity field of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
November 17, 2014
Here’s how often small asteroids enter Earth’s atmosphere!
Data indicate that small asteroids struck Earth's atmosphere - resulting in a bolide (a fireball, or bright meteor) - on 556 separate occasions in a 20-year period.
November 17, 2014
Looking for meteors? Try to get away from city lights
City lights drown all but the brightest stars, planets, and fireballs. But there's still some dark out there, as this satellite view of the U.S at night shows.
November 17, 2014
