Space & PhysicsDecember 13, 2012
Shifty Sightings: Hubble Images Reveal 7 of the Most Distant Galaxies Ever Seen
The latest finds from Hubble date to just a few hundred million years after the big bang
Cosmology
Space & PhysicsDecember 7, 2012
A "Gem" of a Meteor Shower Is Coming up Next Week
The Geminid Meteor Shower offers stargazers a host of slow, bright fireballs and lasts for two to three days
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Space & PhysicsDecember 3, 2012
Galaxy Grande: Milky Way May Be More Massive Than Thought
Hubble observations of a speedy galaxy weigh on the Milky Way and indicate that our galaxy is at least a trillion times as massive as the sun
December 1, 2012
Is the Milky Way a Cannibal? An Astronomer Travels to the Driest Place on Earth to Find Out
At the driest place on Earth, one astronomer sifts through starlight to find clues about the Milky Way's evolution. Here is her account of a typical trip, based on four days in March 2011
December 1, 2012
Exoplanet Discoveries to Date Are Just a Drop in the Bucket
Systematic searches are revealing a plenitude of alien worlds
December 1, 2012
Exoplanet Discoveries to Date Are Just a Drop in the Bucket [Interactive]
Systematic searches are revealing a plenitude of alien worlds
December 1, 2012
40 Years after the Final Apollo Moon Mission
November 30, 2012
Ice Confirmed on Mercury Despite Planet's Solar Proximity
NASA's MESSENGER orbiter has found evidence of pure water hiding near the planet's cool north pole
Space & PhysicsNovember 28, 2012
Biggest Black Hole Blast Ever Could Solve Cosmological Mystery
An eruption of matter from a quasar could show how galaxies shed weight
Space & PhysicsNovember 27, 2012
Dark Matter Mystery May Soon Be Solved
Experiments to detect dark matter, which scientists believe makes up about a quarter of the universe, are underway and may yield direct evidence within a decade
November 20, 2012
Galaxy Might Be Most Distant Seen Object
Thanks to gravitational lensing by a cluster of galaxies, the light emitted by a small galaxy 13.3 billion years ago has reached Earth. John Matson reports
Space & PhysicsNovember 20, 2012
Captured World: Rare Direct Image Reveals "Super-Jupiter" Orbiting a Massive Star
Astronomers using the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii recently discovered ( pdf ) a "super-Jupiter" orbiting the star Kappa Andromedae (κ Andromedae) a star about 2.5 times the mass of our sun located about 170 light-years from Earth.