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Researchers use weightlessness of space to design better materials
Researchers from Northeastern University are among the many scientists helping NASA use the weightlessness of space to design stronger materials here on Earth.
May 29, 2013
This date in science: First space shuttle docking with ISS
On May 29, 1999, the Discovery space shuttle became the first to dock with ISS. But the first image of a shuttle docked with ISS took 12 more years.
May 29, 2013
Your best photos: May 2013 supermoon
To all who shared your images with us ... thank you.
May 24, 2013
A hidden population of exotic neutron stars
Magnetars – the dense remains of dead stars that erupt sporadically with bursts of high-energy radiation - are some of the most extreme objects known in the Universe
May 23, 2013
The Ring Nebula’s true shape
The Ring Nebula's true shape - revealed in this composite image made in visible light and infrared - is vastly more intricate than astronomers knew.
May 23, 2013
ESO’s Very Large Telescope celebrates 15 years of success
This new picture celebrates an important anniversary for the Very Large Telescope – it is fifteen years since the first light on the first of its four Unit Telescopes, on 25 May 1998.
May 23, 2013
Rare, massive merging of two faraway galaxies
A massive and rare merging of two galaxies has been spotted in images taken by the Herschel space observatory.
May 22, 2013
M5-class solar flare on May 22
The flare produced a beautiful coronal mass ejection, or CME, which was not Earth-directed but could deliver a glancing blow in the next few days.
May 22, 2013
Mars bombarded by more than 200 space rocks per year
That might seem like a lot, but new results suggest Mars gets pummeled by space rocks less frequently than previously thought.
May 17, 2013
How NASA might revive the Kepler planet-hunter
Scott Hubbard, a consulting professor of aeronautics and astronautics, explains how NASA might bring the planet-hunting spacecraft back online.
May 16, 2013
