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Meteor shower from Comet ISON?
The chance of meteors from Comet ISON is remote, but we might see something. Info here about when to watch and what to expect to see.
January 11, 2014
Super-Earths likely to have oceans and continents
Massive exoplanets might be more like Earth than has been thought.
January 10, 2014
NASA rover’s tracks on Mars
Enhanced color image showing where Curiosity rover zigzagged to avoid obstacles as it made its way across the primeval red desert sands of Mars.
January 10, 2014
Expect northern lights on January 9-10
2014 unleashed its first X-flare of 2014 on January 7. Space weather experts are calling for a good display of auroras.
January 9, 2014
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
