Space & PhysicsJanuary 7, 2011
The universe is no fluke, Pope Benedict XVI says
Galaxies
Space & PhysicsDecember 30, 2010
Reliance on Indirect Evidence Fuels Dark Matter Doubts
Pinning down the universe's missing mass remains one of cosmology's biggest challenges
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December 29, 2010
Habitable and not-so-habitable exoplanets: How the latter can tell us more about our origins than the former
The SciencesDecember 23, 2010
World's Largest Neutrino Detector Completed at South Pole
With 86 strings of detectors reaching down 2.5 kilometers into Antarctic ice, the IceCube observatory is now finished
December 1, 2010
It's Even More Full of Stars
The discovery that elliptical galaxies have many more red dwarf stars than the Milky Way means that the universe might have three times as many total stars as previously thought. Cynthia Graber reports
Space & PhysicsNovember 24, 2010
Distant Galaxies Confirm Dark Energy's Existence and Universe's Flatness
The orientation of hundreds of galactic pairs provides a new test of the standard cosmological view
November 18, 2010
Forgotten dreams? A call to investigate the mysteries of humanity
Space & PhysicsNovember 18, 2010
Extragalactic Expat: Newfound Exoplanet Likely Came from Another Galaxy
Astronomers locate an oddball exoplanet that orbits a star from a cannibalized galaxy
November 18, 2010
Planet Found Circling Wrong Kind of Star
An exoplanet has been discovered orbiting a star of extragalactic origin that contains far less metal than models predict for stars with planets. Christopher Intagliata reports
The SciencesNovember 18, 2010
Don't leave it to the experts: Why scientists have a few people to thank!
Space & PhysicsNovember 15, 2010
Hidden in Plain Sight: Researchers Find Galaxy-Scale Bubbles Extending from the Milky Way
An analysis of public data from a NASA satellite turns up massive, previously unseen galactic structures
Space & PhysicsNovember 11, 2010
NASA's Successor to Hubble Is $1.4 Billion Over Budget and 1 Year-Plus Behind Schedule, Inquiry Finds
Even in the best-case scenario, the future of the James Webb Space Telescope now looks worse than before