Astronomy

  1. Astronomy

    Kepler telescope readies for new mission after communications scare

    The Kepler space telescope has recovered from going into emergency mode and is now ready for its next planet-hunting mission.

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  2. Astronomy

    Key sugar needed for life could have formed in space

    Sugar that forms backbone of cell machinery can form on icy grains blasted by ultraviolet light from young stars.

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  3. Astronomy

    Possible source of high-energy neutrino reported

    Scientists may have found the cosmic birthplace of an ultra-high energy neutrino: a blazar 9 billion light years away.

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  4. Astronomy

    There’s far more to the galaxy than meets the eye

    A new map of the galaxy as seen in submillimeter light reveals intricate details from nearby nebulas to the far-flung galactic center.

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  5. Physics

    Faint gravitational waves could soon be on LIGO’s radar

    In a few years, LIGO could detect hints of faint gravitational waves from black holes too far away to be seen directly.

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  6. Astronomy

    Odd white dwarf found with mostly oxygen atmosphere

    A white dwarf that has been stripped of its hydrogen and helium provides a rare peek inside the core of a dead massive star.

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  7. Astronomy

    This eclipse goes on and on

    The longest known stellar eclipse hides a nearby star for nearly 3.5 years behind a thick clump of orbiting dust once every 69 years.

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  8. Astronomy

    Earth’s hurricanes have nothing on this quasar

    In a remote galaxy, a cosmic hurricane around a supermassive black hole is driving winds at nearly 20 percent of the speed of light.

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  9. Astronomy

    Japan’s new X-ray space telescope has gone silent

    Japan’s newest orbiting X-ray telescope, ASTRO-H, has gone silent and might have broken into several pieces, the Japanese space agency reports.

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  10. Astronomy

    Companion star could have triggered supernova

    An exploding star in another galaxy might have been pushed over the edge by a stellar companion.

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  11. Astronomy

    The moon’s poles have no fixed address

    Ancient deposits of lunar water ice mark where the moon’s poles used to be.

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  12. Astronomy

    Two chunks of the same comet buzzing Earth this week

    Two comets, one a possible fragment of the other, will slip past Earth on March 21 and 22.

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