October 22, 2015 Massive radio telescope probes sky for black holes, Milky Way The Arizona Radio Observatory's newly acquired 40-foot dish is probing far into the sky, and bringing new light to galaxies far, far away. The massively powerful radio telescope can detect galaxy matter other telescopes miss.
October 21, 2015 How to turn your smartphone into a cosmic-ray detector Want to study high-energy particles streaming through the cosmos at nearly the speed of light? There's an app for that
October 21, 2015 Astronomers produce massive image of the Milky Way Astronomers in Germany have compiled the largest astronomical image to date, a picture of the Milky Way that contains a whopping 46 billion pixels and was compiled over five years.
October 21, 2015 Extraterrestrials on Earth: Scientists find outer space stuff at South Pole Scientists have discovered travelers from beyond our solar system buried under the ice of the South Pole -- not living creatures or space beings but tiny, extra-terrestrial particles known as neutrinos.
October 21, 2015 How to see a black hole Black holes are essentially invisible, but astronomers are developing technology to image the immediate surroundings of these enigmas like never before.
October 21, 2015 Meteor radar? Solar wind could help predict impacts SAN FRANCISCO Space rocks barreling toward Earth could potentially be discovered by detecting changes in streams of plasma and particles known as solar wind, new research suggests
October 21, 2015 Philae lander detects organic molecules in comet’s atmosphere The Philae probe has detected organic molecules on the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, according to scientists analyzing data from the lander.
October 21, 2015 Mars rover Curiosity drills 1st hole into huge Martian mountain NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has taken its first bite out of the giant mountain that it crossed interplanetary space to explore.
October 21, 2015 'Venus Zone' could aid search for Earth-like alien worlds Exoplanet hunters have just made it easier to identify alien Venuses, in the hopes that doing so will lead to the discovery of more alien Earths.
October 21, 2015 Harvest Moon will shine brightly Monday night When you look up at the sky tonight, you will likely catch the full Harvest Moon. At 9:38 p.m. EST, the final of the three back-to-back “supermoons” will light up the sky for the Northern Hemisphere.