Australia and South Africa To Share Square-Kilometer Array Telescope
The split will eventually see South Africa receiving the majority of the project's 3,000 dishes, and Australia will host the low-frequency radio antennas
Big Gulp: Flaring Galaxy Marks the Messy Demise of a Star in a Supermassive Black Hole
A close look at a distant cataclysm indicates that the black hole's victim was a red giant star
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Space Shuttle Swan Songs: Enterprise and Discovery Fly their Final Missions [Slide Show]
Washington, D.C. and New York City greet the retiring shuttles
NASA's High-Flying SOFIA Observatory Peers into a Starburst Galaxy
To look to the heavens, the SOFIA observatory takes to the skies. Whereas telescope builders trying to give astronomers a clear look at the skies generally seek out arid mountaintops , where atmospheric distortion is minimal, a new telescope mounted on the side of a Boeing 747 does them one better.
Giant Radio Telescope May Get Two Homes on Opposite Sides of Earth
A split-site solution could allow both Australia and South Africa to host parts of the Square Kilometer Array
A New Radio Telescope Will Scan for E.T's Calls
A giant telescope will soon begin its search for the first stars and galaxies
Space Age Wasteland: Debris in Orbit Is Here to Stay
Even without future launches, low Earth orbit will remain polluted
Spacecraft Aims to Expose Violent Hearts of Galaxies
The low-cost NuSTAR mission is designed to tap into the unexplored upper regions of the X-ray spectrum
South Africa Wins Panel's Backing to Host Square Kilometer Array Scope
South Africa wins science panel's backing to host SKA telescope
Dark Matter Clump Furrows Brows
Dark matter doesn't usually collide much with itself or with ordinary matter, but it appears to be uncharacteristically clumping in the galaxy cluster A520. John Matson reports
When 14 Billion Years Just Isn't Enough Time
Some say its glory days are long gone, but the universe has life in it yet. Brand-new types of celestial phenomena will unfold over the coming billions and trillions of years
Dual Interpretations: Milky Way's Outer Fringe of Stars Sparks Disagreement
Resolving how the galaxy's halo of stars was assembled would provide important clues about galactic formation