- By Laura Sinpetru
- June 12th, 2015
Saturn's Outer Ring Is 7,000 Times Bigger than the Planet Itself
The ring was discovered by astronomers back in 2009
- By Laura Sinpetru
- June 11th, 2015
Astronomers Spy on Emerging Butterfly-Shaped Planetary Nebula
The nebula was imaged with ESO's Very Large Telescope
- By Laura Sinpetru
- June 11th, 2015
15-Year-Old Discovers Planet Orbiting Star 1,000 Light-Years Away
The planet now goes by the name of WASP-142b
- By Laura Sinpetru
- June 10th, 2015
NASA Tests Flying Saucer Expected to One Day Land People on Mars
The vehicle performed fairly well during the test flight
- By Laura Sinpetru
- June 8th, 2015
ESA Astronaut Demonstrates What It's like to Cook in Space
You don't need plates and the ingredients all float
- By Laura Sinpetru
- June 5th, 2015
Hubble Zooms In on Three Exploding Stars in the Distant Cosmos
Interestingly, the stars are not attached to any galaxy
- By Laura Sinpetru
- June 4th, 2015
Pluto's Moons Nix and Hydra Wobble Unpredictably in Their Orbits
The orbs' peculiar shape is partly to blame
- By Laura Sinpetru
- June 3rd, 2015
NASA's Cassini Probe Returns Gorgeously Detailed Views of Hyperion
This moon of Saturn looks like an oversized sea sponge
- By Laura Sinpetru
- June 3rd, 2015
Folks Are Freaking Out over These Blue Splotches on Mars
What are blue patches doing on the Red Planet?
- By Laura Sinpetru
- June 2nd, 2015
Bizarre Bright Swirls on the Moon Were Probably Birthed by Comets
Comets crashing into the Moon, to be more precise
- By Laura Sinpetru
- June 1st, 2015
Chinese Astronauts Would Love a Visit to the ISS
It's just that US lawmakers won't let them
- By Laura Sinpetru
- May 30th, 2015
June 3 Marks the 50th Anniversary of the First Ever US Spacewalk
NASA's Ed White was the first American to walk in space
- By Laura Sinpetru
- May 29th, 2015
The Originals: Astronomers Spy on 13-Billion-Year-Old Stars
The fiery orbs came into being soon after the Big Bang
- By Laura Sinpetru
- May 27th, 2015
Come June 2, NASA Will Launch a Donut-like Flying Saucer into Space
The craft will launch from a US Navy base in the Pacific
- By Laura Sinpetru
- May 26th, 2015
Distant Galaxy Looks like the Love Child of a Butterfly and a Lobster
NGC 6240 formed when two galaxies merged with one another
- By Laura Sinpetru
- May 23rd, 2015
“Nasty” Star Is Probably the Result of Cosmic Cannibalism
The star is one of a kind in our Milky Way, astronomers say
- By Laura Sinpetru
- May 22nd, 2015
Remote Galaxy Shines with the Light of over 300 Trillion Suns
The galaxy is the most luminous ever discovered