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Billions of rocky planets in our galaxy>
Astronomers have found evidence that billions of rocky planets might orbit the habitable zones around red dwarf stars in our Milky Way.
August 29, 2012
Curiosity will make a detour to first destination
The Curiosity rover will first travel 400 meters east-southeast of its landing site to Glenelg, where three types of Martian terrain intersect.
August 20, 2012
A lonely galactic island
DDO 190 is a dwarf irregular galaxy, lying some 3 million light-years from any other galaxy in space. It's a lonely galactic island on a sea of empty space.
August 19, 2012
Curiosity rover’s self-portrait on Mars
Have you seen the Mars rover Curiosity's self-portrait yet? It's amazing.
August 19, 2012
Galaxies: Are they different from each other?
Meet 9 individual galaxies, as various as snowflakes, and contemplate the variety of the billions of galaxies in our universe.
August 19, 2012
Curiosity rover coolest images of Mars so far
Here are my favorite images of Curiosity - or from Curiosity - taken in the 10 days since the Mars rover landed on the Red Planet's surface on August 5-6, 2012.
August 16, 2012
Space apps company seeks crowd-sourced funds to launch
Uwingu wants to game-ify space with novel software applications. Profits from the space apps will go toward space research and education.
August 15, 2012
ALMA telescope: World’s biggest astronomy project
What better goal for the world's biggest telescope - the ALMA telescope - than to probe details of how stars like our sun and planets like Earth came to be?
August 15, 2012
Video: A flight through the universe
Prepare for warp speed as you watch this video of a flight through the universe.
August 14, 2012
Methane lakes in tropics of Saturn’s large moon Titan
Saturn's moon Titan has methane lakes and it's the only place in the solar system, other than Earth, with large bodies of liquid on its surface.
August 10, 2012
