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How to see Comet Catalina
Hints on how to perceive the comet's gradual motion across the sky as it sweeps closest - but not too close - around January 17.
January 14, 2016
Ancient gas cloud relic of first stars?
Astronomers see this cloud just 1.8 billion years after the Big Bang. It has a tiny percentage of heavy elements, those forged in subsequent generations of stars.
January 14, 2016
Galaxy quakes in our Milky Way
Astronomers say they can use "galactoseismology" - the study of ripples in a galaxy's disk - to map the interior structure of galaxies and learn about dark matter.
January 13, 2016
Four stunning close-ups of Ceres
Dawn spacecraft now in its lowest planned orbit above dwarf planet Ceres. These late December images are from just 240 miles (385 km) above Ceres' surface.
January 13, 2016
Milky Way age map shows growth rings
The first-ever complete age map of the Milky Way shows that our galaxy grew from the inside out.
January 12, 2016
Seeing black holes in visible light
For the first time, flickering light was seen around a nearby black hole in outburst. It was bright enough to be seen in small telescopes.
January 12, 2016
EarthSky News with Deborah Byrd
All the news you can fit into outer space LIVE on Slooh.com Mondays and Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. ET (1530 UTC). Or watch right here!
January 11, 2016
Most distant massive galaxy cluster
Astronomers have detected a massive, churning galaxy cluster - with potentially thousands of individual galaxies - in the early universe.
January 11, 2016
SpaceX to try again for sea landing
SpaceX has been trying, but not succeeding, to land its Falcon 9 rocket upright at sea. Then, last month it succeeded on land. Soon, another sea-going attempt!
January 10, 2016
