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Get ready for a crash at the Milky Way’s core
A mysterious gas cloud with three times Earth's mass is spiraling toward the supermassive black hole at the core of our Milky Way galaxy. Expect to hear about the encounter in the coming months.
January 8, 2014
Smallest, faintest, most numerous galaxies seen yet in distant universe
Normally these remote galaxies would be too faint to see, even with the Hubble Space Telescope. Astronomers used a bizarre trick of nature to photograph them.
January 8, 2014
First gamma-ray study of a gravitational lens
The work could provide insights into the workings of black-hole jets and help us understand the rate of the expansion of the universe.
January 7, 2014
Images of a supernova’s dust factory
New images reveal a supernova remnant chock full of material that simply did not exist a few decades ago, say researchers.
January 6, 2014
Triple millisecond pulsar reveals secrets of gravity
Astronomers have pinned down masses and orbits of three stars in a unique system. Next, they'll use the system to study details in Einstein's theory of General Relativity.
January 6, 2014
NASA orbiter spies Chang’e 3 and Yutu rover on the moon
Cool image of the landing site of China's moon mission, taken by a NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Also, a word on first science results from Chang'e.
January 3, 2014
Future NASA space probes could be robot super balls
The Super Ball Bot could help overcome the most difficult and expensive part of sending a robotic mission to another planet: landing safely.
January 3, 2014
As 2014 begins, Venus a thin crescent in bright twilight
Venus is beautiful now! Just don't wait too many days to look for it. It'll soon disappear in the glare of sunset.
December 30, 2013
This date in science: Dawn spacecraft closer to Ceres than Vesta
NASA's Dawn spacecraft will arrive at the asteroid Ceres -- to be captured by Ceres’ gravity -- in late March or the beginning of April 2015.
December 27, 2013
Here is the (John) Lennon crater on Mercury
Truman Capote has a crater on Mercury now, too. So does Enrico Caruso ... and seven other artists, musicians, painters and authors.
December 26, 2013
