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.
Help find Hubble images’ hidden treasures
You can win an iPod or iPad for the rare privilege of seeing something wonderful that no one has noticed before, in Hubble Space Telescope images.
March 28, 2012
Edge of the electromagnetic spectrum brings mysteries
Probing the universe at the edge of the electromagnetic spectrum, NASA's Fermi Gamma-Ray Telescope has just completed an all-sky map.
March 26, 2012
ISS crew took shelter to avoid passing space junk
In the third incident of its kind in more than a decade, the six-member crew of ISS took shelter Saturday when space junk whizzed past.
March 25, 2012
Runaway planets moving at relativistic speeds are possible
If a double star system - one with planets - encountered the giant black hole at the center of our Milky Way, the result might be a runaway planets.
March 25, 2012
Water lakes on Europa may potentially exist
Scientists have discovered evidence of underground water lakes on Europa as big as the Great Lakes on Earthe. The icy moon might support life.
March 23, 2012
A supernova in M95
Currently supernova SN 2012aw is shining in galaxy M95with the light of 500 million suns and will most likely get much brighter.
March 22, 2012
Insights from MESSENGER spacecraft after one year in orbit
The MESSENGER spacecraft completed its one-year primary mission in orbit around the planet Mercury on March 17, 2012. New findings released today.
March 22, 2012
Emerald-cut galaxy found by astonrom
An emerald-cut galaxy? It makes you smile because it shouldn't exist, or rather, you don't expect it to exist, one of the astronomers said.
March 21, 2012
Honoring a lunar orbiter, two fantastic new NASA videos
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has been orbiting the moon for 1,000 days. Celebrate by watching two new eye-popping videos from this lunar orbiter.
March 17, 2012
Citizen scientists uncover a galaxy of bubbles
Since December 2010, over 35,000 citizen scientists have used Zooniverse to uncover thousands of giant gas bubbles in our Milky Way galaxy.
March 12, 2012
