August 29, 2011
Failed Star Found in the Neighborhood
NASA's WISE satellite has found a Y dwarf star, cool enough to touch, that is the hub of the seventh closest star system to us. John Matson reports
Cosmology
August 26, 2011
The Ordinary Geniuses Behind Genomics and Big Bang Cosmology
Physicist Gino Segre follows the intertwining lives of Max Delbrück and George Gamow as they use physics, insight and luck to make strides into exciting new scientific fields
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Space & PhysicsAugust 1, 2011
Rotation Rate Could Pin Down Age of Stars
A new study may help scientists determine when stars were born
The SciencesJuly 28, 2011
Physicists Simulate the End of Time in a Maryland Lab
The SciencesJuly 25, 2011
Flawed Diamonds Deliver Precious Details about Early Earth's Tectonics
Volcanoes have coughed up ancient diamonds from hundreds of kilometers beneath Earth's surface. Their trace impurities provide some priceless information about the first shifts in plate tectonics
Space & PhysicsJuly 22, 2011
Large Hadron Collider Sees Tantalizing Hint of Higgs Particle
Excess events suggest LHC is homing in on elusive particle.
Space & PhysicsJuly 19, 2011
NASA Budget Cuts Threaten Two New Telescopes
Flagship missions at risk as astrophysics funding shrinks.
July 19, 2011
The Case for Parallel Universes
Why the multiverse, crazy as it sounds, is a solid scientific idea
Space & PhysicsJuly 14, 2011
Spacewalker Snaps a Close-Up of the Final Shuttle Visit to the Space Station
Astronaut Ron Garan took this photo of Earth during a six-and-a-half hour spacewalk on July 12. Garan has been at the International Space Station as the flight engineer for Expedition 28 since March, when he arrived on board a Russian Soyuz capsule (like the one docked at the upper left).
July 13, 2011
NASA Chief to Congress: Save the James Webb Space Telescope
Charlie Bolden told Congress that the next-generation space telescope has greater potential for discovery than the iconic Hubble Space Telescope
Space & PhysicsJuly 7, 2011
Threat of James Webb Space Telescope Cancellation Rattles Astronomy Community
Space & PhysicsJuly 7, 2011
Supernovae Seed Galaxies with Massive Amounts of Dust
A supernova that went off in 1987 produced large quantities of dust, which may explain why galaxies in the early universe were so dusty