Sign Up for Our Amazing Newsletter!
A daily update by email. Science news, great photos, sky alerts.
Thank you! Your submission has been received!
Oops! Something went wrong while submitting the form.
This date in science: Pluto gets a demotion
On August 24, 2006, astronomers voted to demote Pluto to dwarf planet status. Hear from Alan Stern, lead scientist on a space mission to Pluto.
August 24, 2013
Zombie vortices may help lead to birth of new stars
Vortices arise from dead zones in disks around newly forming stars and help the stars complete their birth process.
August 22, 2013
Earliest known iron artifacts come from outer space
The objects, which trace their origins to outer space, also predate the emergence of iron smelting by two millennia.
August 21, 2013
Tracking the Chelyabinsk meteor dust plume
The meteor that plunged through Earth's atmosphere over Russia on February 15, 2013 lasted just moments. But it created a belt of dust that persisted for months.
August 20, 2013
Look for bright nova in constellation Delphinus
It's the brightest nova since 2007, and may remain visible to the unaided eye for weeks to come.
August 20, 2013
On this planet, a new year every 8.5 hours
Researchers have discovered an Earth-sized exoplanet that whips around its host star in a mere 8.5 hours — one of the shortest orbital periods ever detected.
August 19, 2013
Hot Jupiters and their unexpected, exotic characteristics
Hot Jupiters are giant exoplanets orbiting close to their stars, surprising astronomers with strange and unexpected characteristics.
August 19, 2013
Video: Perseid meteor explodes and leaves a vapor trail
A meteor during the recent Perseid meteor shower that exploded and then behind a vapor trail, captured on video by Michael Chung.
August 16, 2013
Video: Watch two moons pass overhead in Mars night sky
Mars' two moons, Phobos and Deimos, seen by the Curiosity Rover, passing overhead in the Mars night sky.
August 16, 2013
Voyager 1 has left the solar system
Voyager 1 appears to have at long last left our solar system and entered interstellar space, says a University of Maryland-led team of researchers.
August 15, 2013
