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.
Uranus knocked sideways by series of small bumps?
Conventional wisdom said a single blow caused Uranus to lie sideways in the plane of the solar system. But maybe the cause was several small bumps instead.
October 10, 2011
Exoplanets found in old Hubble data
Using data from 1998, astronomers have found two previously unknown planets orbiting distant suns. How many more exoplanets lie hidden in old data?
October 9, 2011
October 2011 Draconid meteor shower a winner!
Despite a bright moon, many people saw a good display of meteors in the Draconid meteor shower. Good job Canadian astronomer, Paul Wiegert!
October 9, 2011
Dramatic Draconid meteor shower for October 8, 2011?
The prediction for October 8 Draconid meteor storm favors all of Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. A bright moon will interfere.
October 8, 2011
Saturn’s largest moon in a color map
Scientists piece together six years of images from the Cassini mission to create a mosaic of the surface of Titan -- Saturn's largest moon.
October 5, 2011
ALMA telescope outperforms with release of first image
Astronomers capture a test image with the ALMA telescope, showing the Antennae Galaxies in wavelengths roughly one thousand times longer than visible light.
October 3, 2011
China’s Heavenly Palace blasts off
China successfully launched the first module of its future permanent space station - Tiangong, or China's Heavenly Palace - on September 29, 2011.
September 30, 2011
New ESA images reveal inner workings of galaxies
Newly released ESA images of Holmberg II and Markarian 509 reveal these galaxies' inner workings. Both have stories unlike that of our home galaxy, the Milky Way.
September 30, 2011
Mercury: Seven things you didn’t know
Far from being dead, the exosphere of Mercury is dynamic and continually renewing. This gives astronomers clues about the planet's surface and environment.
September 29, 2011
Solar wind sandblasts Mercury
Solar wind sandblasts Mercury because its weak magnetic field provides little protection from the fierce solar wind, a squall of charged particles from the sun.
September 29, 2011
