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Hal Levison on Saturn’s weird moon Iapetus
"Iapetus is one of the weirdest things in the solar system, said Levision, "and as we study it more and more, it gets weirder and weirder."
October 28, 2011
Epic northern lights on October 24, even in southerly latitudes
Many people - even in some southern states of the U.S. - saw a great display of northern lights over North America on the night of October 24.
October 25, 2011
The space shuttles: Where are they now?
The space shuttle program was one of the most visible, successful and adored missions in NASA's history. Here's where the space shuttles will end up.
October 21, 2011
Planet-sized object has temp like Arizona summer day
The white dwarf WD 0806-661 has an orbiting brown dwarf companion - a planet-sized object - whose surface temperature is in a range comprehensible to us humans.
October 21, 2011
Study of dwarf galaxies deepens mystery of dark matter
Researchers look at two dwarf galaxies and find no dark matter clumped at the centers, contrary to what a standard model predicts.
October 19, 2011
Andrea Milani calculates odds of killer asteroids
Will a killer asteroid strike the Earth in the foreseeable future? Andrea Milani calculates the odds. Read more about the results here.
October 18, 2011
Near-Earth asteroid spotted by amateurs
In this post, learn about the first near-Earth asteroid by amateur astronomers. The amateurs spotted the asteroid - named 2011 SF108 - in September 2011
October 13, 2011
Hubble Space Telescope takes a census of dark matter
A Hubble survey of galaxy clusters shows MACS 1206, whose dark matter warps distant light rays.
October 13, 2011
James Webb Space Telescope model in Baltimore
A 12,000-pound James Webb Space Telescope model visits the Maryland Science Center in Baltimore's Inner Harbor. Read more about it here.
October 13, 2011
Moon map reveals titanium treasure troves
Color variations on the moon reveal the presence of titanium and suggest how the lunar surface weathered. Learn more about the moon map here.
October 12, 2011
