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Weak supernova might have left zombie star
Astronomers used Hubble Space Telescope images to spot a star system that could have left behind a "zombie star" after an unusually weak supernova explosion.
August 9, 2014
Astronomers watch as storms swirl on distant Uranus
Uranus - the sideways planet - has a weird spin and the strangest seasons of any of our solar system's planets. Astronomers called this week's storms "surprising."
August 9, 2014
Success! A final flawless burn. Rosetta now in tandem with its comet
Look here for a fascinating history in pictures and words of the Rosetta spacecraft's historic approach to Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.
August 6, 2014
Saturn kisses the dark edge of the moon
Astrophotographer Colin Legg in Western Australia caught the August 4, 2014 occultation of Saturn by the moon. He called it "a brilliant thing to watch."
August 5, 2014
For two weeks last August, all hell broke loose on Jupiter’s moon Io
The energy emitted by these volcanic eruptions implies lava fountains gushing at a huge volume per second, forming lava flows that quickly spread over Io's surface.
August 4, 2014
Zoom close to Mercury’s surface via MESSENGER spacecraft
You've got to see the movie made by the MESSENGER spacecraft in June 2014, when it began a series of close passes to the sun's innermost planet, Mercury.
August 4, 2014
Soon-to-be-famous comet passes a ringed galaxy
Beautiful image of Comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring from this weekend. This is the comet that will pass extremely near Mars in October. Thank you, Damian Peach!
August 4, 2014
Watch online as the moon sweeps in front of Saturn
Online coverage of the moon photobombing Saturn - seen from Australia - will begin on Monday, August 4, starting at 4 a.m. PDT / 7 a.m. EDT / 11:00 UTC.
August 3, 2014
Scientist warns of inevitable solar super-storm propelled towards Earth
Such a storm would wreak havoc with our communication systems and power supplies, and scientists say we're overdue.
August 1, 2014
Wildly misaligned planet-forming disks in binary star system HK Tau
There've been hints in the past that this type of misaligned system exists, but this is the cleanest and most striking example, astronomers say.
July 30, 2014
