 Cassini finds evidence for hydrocarbon lakes on Titan July 25, 2006 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 29 vote(s)
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The Cassini spacecraft, using its radar system, has discovered very strong evidence for hydrocarbon lakes on Titan. Dark patches, which resemble terrestrial lakes, seem to be sprinkled all over the high latitudes ... | |
 Newly discovered galaxy cluster in early stage of formation is farthest ever identified March 31, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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UC Irvine scientists have discovered a cluster of galaxies in a very early stage of formation that is 11.4 billion light years from Earth – the farthest of its kind ever to be detected. These galaxies are ... | |
 Astronomers discover scaled-down Jupiter and Saturn in a faraway solar system like our own February 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 47 vote(s)
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An international team of astronomers has discovered two planets that resemble smaller versions of Jupiter and Saturn in a solar system nearly 5,000 light years away. The find suggests that our galaxy hosts ... | |
 Astronomers find gaping hole in the Universe August 23, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 240 vote(s)
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University of Minnesota astronomers have found an enormous hole in the Universe, nearly a billion light-years across, empty of both normal matter such as stars, galaxies and gas, as well as the mysterious, ... | |
 Exploding star in NGC 2397 March 31, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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NGC 2397, pictured in this image from Hubble, is a classic spiral galaxy with long prominent dust lanes along the edges of its arms, seen as dark patches and streaks silhouetted against the starlight. Hubble’s ... | |
 Death of massive star creates brightest burst ever seen March 20, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 51 vote(s)
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Gamma-Ray Bursts are the most powerful explosive events in the Universe. They occur in far-off galaxies and so are usually faint. But on the morning of March 19th 2008 the Swift satellite found a burst which ... | |
 Paranal receives new mirror April 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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A 4.1-metre diameter primary mirror, a vital part of the world's newest and fastest survey telescope, VISTA (the Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy) has been delivered to its new mountaintop ... | |
 A planet in progress? March 26, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Scientists are one step closer to understanding how new planets form, thanks to research funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and carried out by a team of astrophysicists at the American Museum ... | |
 Voyager 2 proves solar system is squashed December 10, 2007 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 120 vote(s)
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NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft has followed its twin Voyager 1 into the solar system's final frontier, a vast region at the edge of our solar system where the solar wind runs up against the thin gas between the ... | |
 More Evidence Found for Water on Mars February 15, 2007 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 69 vote(s)
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A spacecraft recently arrived at Mars has provided new evidence that fluids, likely including water, once flowed widely through underlying bedrock in a canyon that is part of the great Martian rift valley. | |
 Scientists watch supernova in real-time August 30, 2006 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 119 vote(s)
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For the first time a star has been observed in real-time as it goes supernova – a mind bogglingly powerful explosion as the star ends its life, the resulting cosmic eruption briefly outshining an entire galaxy. ... | |
 Findings Suggest Jets Bursting From Martian Ice Cap August 17, 2006 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 55 vote(s)
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Every spring brings violent eruptions to the south polar ice cap of Mars, according to researchers interpreting new observations by NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter. | |
 Team Finds Oldest Known Asteroids March 20, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Using visible and infrared data collected from telescopes on Hawaii’s Mauna Kea, a team of scientists, led by the University of Maryland’s Jessica Sunshine, have identified three asteroids that appear to be ... | |
 Black Holes May Fill the Universe with Seeds of Life April 20, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 85 vote(s)
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New research shows that black holes are not the ultimate destroyers that are often portrayed in popular culture. Instead, warm gas escaping from the clutches of enormous black holes could be one source of ... | |
 Chandra sees brightest supernova ever May 07, 2007 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 72 vote(s)
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The brightest stellar explosion ever recorded may be a long-sought new type of supernova, according to observations by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and ground-based optical telescopes. This discovery indicates ... | |
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