- Space
- By Laura Sinpetru
- July 31st, 2015
Philae Zooms In on Building Blocks of Life on Comet 67P/C-G
The probe landed on its target comet in last year's November
- Space
- By Laura Sinpetru
- July 31st, 2015
Three Super-Earths Found Orbiting Nearby Star
The same star is orbited by a giant planet
- Space
- By Laura Sinpetru
- July 30th, 2015
Video Shows Alien Auroras on Brown Dwarf 20 Light-Years Away
And they are thousands of times brighter than any on Earth
- Science Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- July 29th, 2015
NASA's Mars Orbiter Readies to Welcome the InSight Lander
InSight should reach Mars and land on its surface in 2016
- Space
- By Laura Sinpetru
- July 29th, 2015
Brace Yourselves, a Blue Moon Will Be Upon Us This Friday, July 31
Except it won't be blue, not even in the slightest
- Space
- By Laura Sinpetru
- July 28th, 2015
Dead Star Comes Back to Life, Albeit Only for a While
Such cosmic resurrections are a rare sight, astronomers say
- Science Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- July 27th, 2015
Rosetta Sees Massive Boulders and Debris on Comet 67P/C-G
The image focuses on the comet's Imhotep region
- Science Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- July 25th, 2015
Watch: A View of the Asteroid That Visited Us on July 19
The asteroid made its closest approach at 7:37 a.m. PST
- Science Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- July 23rd, 2015
Earth Imaged from 1 Million Miles (1.6 Million Kilometers) Away
The stunning image was delivered by the DSCOVR satellite
- Robots & Drones
- By Horia Despa
- July 23rd, 2015
Propelling a Spacecraft with Microwaves Could Actually Work
Moving microwaves from the kitchen to power spaceships
- Space
- By Laura Sinpetru
- July 20th, 2015
Astronomers Spy on Dead Galaxies in the So-Called Coma Cluster
These dead galaxies appear to be teeming with dark matter
- Editorials
- By Laura Sinpetru
- July 19th, 2015
Sorry Not Sorry, Pluto Doesn’t Deserve Being Called a Planet
Astronomers weren’t just being mean when they demoted it
- Science Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- July 18th, 2015
An Asteroid Will Buzz by Earth This Sunday, July 19
The asteroid is worth $5.4 trillion (€4.9 trillion)
- Science Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- July 17th, 2015
Watch: Life with a Black Hole in Your Pocket
A hypothetical science talk to make the time pass
- Science Blog
- By Horia Despa
- July 17th, 2015
ISS Crew Forced to Evacuate in Prospect of a Possible Space Junk Collision
At least they didn't have to scour the orbit to get home
- Space
- By Laura Sinpetru
- July 17th, 2015
ESA's Gaia Satellite Sees Famished Star Cannibalizing Its Companion
Oddly, this cosmic cannibal is merely the size of Earth
- Science Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- July 16th, 2015
A Week from Now, Three New Crew Members Will Join the ISS
The astronauts will leave Earth next Wednesday, July 22