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Hubble spots galaxies in close encounter
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced this vivid image of a pair of interacting galaxies known as Arp 142.
June 20, 2013
Explore Mars surface yourself: Pan and zoom new billion-pixel view
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity offers armchair explorers the next best thing to being there.
June 19, 2013
The fast winds of Venus are getting faster
Since the 1960s, we've known the winds of Venus "super-rotate," or blow faster than the planet rotates. Now a spacecraft has found Venus' winds are speeding up.
June 18, 2013
Got something to say to an alien? Lone Signal can beam your message
Their new website launched today, so you can be among the first to compose a message to a distant civilization.
June 18, 2013
Cells play tag to determine direction of movement
Researchers have found that cells in our bodies carry out something similar to a game of tag to coordinate their movement in a particular direction.
June 17, 2013
Video: How black holes emit x-rays
At team of astrophysicists says it has shown, for the first time, that high-energy light emission is not only possible, but inevitable when gas is drawn into a black hole.
June 14, 2013
Two video feeds: The International Space Station in real time
To see our home planet from above - in real time - is awesome. Livestream video from ISS here, plus we link to a page showing the space stations's current position.
June 13, 2013
Temperatures in Mars’ atmosphere rise and fall twice a day
Temperatures swing by as much as 58 degrees Fahrenheit (32 kelvins) in this odd, twice-a-day pattern on the planet Mars.
June 13, 2013
Stacking up a clearer picture of the universe
Researchers have proven a new technique that will provide a clearer picture of the universe’s history and be used with the next generation of radio telescopes such as the Square Kilometre Array (SKA).
June 13, 2013
Sculptor galaxy black hole is sleeping, NASA says
It's about five million times the mass of our sun, at the center of a galaxy 13 million light-years away. Scientists want to be watching when it wakes up.
June 12, 2013
