Zoom Through a Stunning Panorama of the Milky Way
Do yourself a favor. Don't read this article just yet--first, take a moment to zoom around this incredible panorama of our galaxy and soak in the splendor: http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/glimpse360/aladin.
Even Einstein Could Not Have Imagined Technology Used to Directly Detect Gravitational Waves
The director of the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics talks about the news this week of indirect evidence for gravitational waves and his work to obtain direct evidence
How Astronomers Saw Gravitational Waves from the Big Bang
Lead discoverer John Kovac describes his work at the BICEP2 radio telescope and how his career took him there
Gravity Waves from Big Bang Detected
A curved signature in the cosmic microwave background light provides proof of inflation and spacetime ripples
Why the "Venus Rainbow" Is Actually a Glory
The first sighting of the light spectacle on another planet reveals properties of the mysterious Venusian clouds
Astrophysicist Confirmed as NSF Director
France Cordova takes the helm of the National Science Foundation at a time of tight federal budgets for science
Why Is There Something Instead of Nothing? [Video]
Lawrence Krauss, theoretical physicist at Arizona State University, answers an age-old question.
Did Dark Matter Kill the Dinosaurs?
The solar system's periodic passage through a "dark disk" on the galactic plane could trigger comet bombardments that would cause mass extinctions
Neil deGrasse Tyson on Cosmos and Integrating Science into Pop Culture
Tyson hopes that the updated Cosmos can play a small part in improving the severe lack of scientific literacy among many adults today
Giant Black Hole Spins at Half Light-Speed
The half-the-speed-of-light spin of a giant black hole suggests it grew by digesting another black hole in a galaxy merger. Clara Moskowitz reports
Found in Space, Part 2
Journalist Lee Billings Talks about his book Five Billion Years of Solitude: The Search For Life Among the Stars, Part 2 of 2
Found in Space, Part 1
Journalist Lee Billings Talks about his book Five Billion Years of Solitude: The Search For Life Among the Stars, Part 1 of 2