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Earth has its own Star-Trek-like invisible shield
Scientists studying Earth's Van Allen belts have found an invisible shield that blocks ultrafast electrons from moving deeper into Earth’s atmosphere.
November 28, 2014
Video: Young volcanos on the moon
Scientists have long thought the moon's volcanos stopped erupting a billion years ago. But dotting the lunar landscape are some remarkably fresh volcanic features.
November 26, 2014
Study says gravity and Higgs boson interacted to save the universe
One second after the Big Bang, the Higgs boson should have caused a Big Crunch, collapsing the universe to nothing. But gravity saved the day.
November 22, 2014
Ten things you might not know about space
Ten oddities and misconceptions about space that you may -- or may not -- have heard before.
November 22, 2014
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
