Runaway Galaxies Are Racing at 6 Million MpH (9.6 Million Km/H)

Runaway Galaxies Are Racing at 6 Million MpH (9.6 Million Km/H)

The runaway galaxies were flung out of their cluster, are now exiles aimlessly racing through the cosmos

Here Are 25 of Hubble's Most Astounding Space Images

Here Are 25 of Hubble's Most Astounding Space Images

The Hubble Space Telescope turns 25 this Friday, here are 25 of the absolute best images it has so far delivered

Star Trek Enthusiast @AstroSamantha Tweets Picture from the ISS

Star Trek Enthusiast @AstroSamantha Tweets Picture from the ISS

The astronaut has quite some activity on social media

  • Space
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • April 17th, 2015
Astronomer Warns About Giant Asteroid on Collision Course with Earth

Astronomer Warns About Giant Asteroid on Collision Course with Earth

Researcher Judit Györgyey-Ries says an asteroid about the size of the Statue of Liberty could hit us in October 2017

Watch: Glazed Donut Travels to Space and Back

Watch: Glazed Donut Travels to Space and Back

The donut made it all the way up to an altitude of about 20 miles (32 kilometers) before falling back to the ground

  • Space
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • April 16th, 2015
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope Spots Planet 13,000 Light-Years Away

NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope Spots Planet 13,000 Light-Years Away

The newly discovered celestial body is one of the most distant planets thus far documented by astronomers

  • Space
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • April 15th, 2015
NASA's New Horizons Probe Delivers First Ever Color Image of Pluto

NASA's New Horizons Probe Delivers First Ever Color Image of Pluto

The image, taken on April 9 and beamed back to Earth the following day, also shows Pluto's largest moon, Charon

Tesco Sends the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge into Space as Part of a New Competition

Tesco Sends the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge into Space as Part of a New Competition

You too can win a brand new Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge

  • Space
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • April 10th, 2015
Building Blocks of Life Found Swirling Around Star 445 Light-Years Away

Building Blocks of Life Found Swirling Around Star 445 Light-Years Away

The discovery proves that the conditions that birthed life on Earth are present in other regions of the cosmos as well

  • Space
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • April 9th, 2015
Our Moon Formed from a Massive, Smoldering Cloud of Debris

Our Moon Formed from a Massive, Smoldering Cloud of Debris

New research paper explains why the geological profile of our planet and that of its natural satellite are oddly alike

  • Space
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • March 28th, 2015
One-Year Crew Officially Aboard the International Space Station

One-Year Crew Officially Aboard the International Space Station

NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko boarded the Space Station just hours ago

  • Space
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • March 27th, 2015
Ginormous Black Hole Seen Pushing Loads of Gas Out of Its Home Galaxy

Ginormous Black Hole Seen Pushing Loads of Gas Out of Its Home Galaxy

Study sheds new light on how giant black holes alter the anatomy of the galaxies that serve as their hosts

17th Century Astronomers Saw Two Stars Colliding and Exploding

17th Century Astronomers Saw Two Stars Colliding and Exploding

Well, technically speaking, what they witnessed was a sudden burst of brightness that eventually faded from view

  • Space
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • March 20th, 2015
Reminder: Total Solar Eclipse Will Happen Today, March 20

Reminder: Total Solar Eclipse Will Happen Today, March 20

The eclipse will only appear as a total one to observers in the Faroe Islands and the archipelago of Svalbard

  • Space
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • March 19th, 2015
Over One Million Stars Are Lurking Inside This Super Hot Cosmic Cloud

Over One Million Stars Are Lurking Inside This Super Hot Cosmic Cloud

The cluster of young stars hidden deep inside the cloud is about one billion times more luminous than our Sun

Cosmic Centaur Could Have a Ring System Similar to Saturn's

Cosmic Centaur Could Have a Ring System Similar to Saturn's

MIT researchers find evidence Chiron, a minor planet known as a centaur, is encircled by a ring system

Our Home Galaxy, the Milky Way, Is Way Bigger than Assumed

Our Home Galaxy, the Milky Way, Is Way Bigger than Assumed

Astronomers say evidence indicates our cosmic neighborhood is at least 50% larger than previously estimated

 
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