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Blazing objects in Saturn’s weirdest ring
Scientists have discovered strange blazing objects punching through parts of Saturn's outermost ring - the F ring - leaving glittering trails behind. Watch a video ...
April 24, 2012
Top ten infrared images – wonders of the universe
Amazing images of the universe taken by a satellite camera sensitive to infrared light.
April 19, 2012
View from space: Satellite movie of Great Plains tornado outbreak
A video that shows the massive tornado outbreak in the U.S. Great Plains on April 14-15, 2012 - the way it looked in a view from space.
April 18, 2012
Nine planets orbiting a nearby star
HD 10180 might be nine planets solar system. Slightly larger and brighter than our sun, this star might comfort human visitors with its familiar yellow glow.
April 17, 2012
Viking landers: Did they find life on Mars in 1976?
Researchers take a numerical approach to analyzing results of the Viking landers experiments from 1976 and say the Vikings did find life on Mars 36 years ago.
April 15, 2012
Earth from the moon’s far side
Students participating in the MoonKAM project used NASA's GRAIL spacecraft to capture this wonderful image of Earth as seen from the moon's far side.
April 14, 2012
Fomalhaut: Ongoing comet massacre around bright star
Each day, the equivalent of either two 10 kilometer-sized comets - or 2,000 1 kilometer-sized comets - might be crushed into dust particles around Fomalhaut.
April 11, 2012
NASA extends Spitzer, Kepler and Planck missions
NASA extends three space-based astrophysics missions. All three probe deep mysteries of the cosmos and try to answer fundamental questions.
April 8, 2012
Galaxies caught in act of capturing star ingredients
The discovery is an important step to understanding how galaxies grow and sustain themselves over timescales as long as the age of the universe.
April 5, 2012
Pulsars could help future astronauts navigate the universe
Astronomers explain how pulsars - interstellar beacons - could help future astronauts find their way across the universe.
April 3, 2012
