October 6, 2016 Why is this star dimming? Astronomers still don't know A strange star in our galaxy has officially become even more enigmatic.
October 5, 2016 Seen over US and Canada, dazzling meteor is caught on camera A dazzling streak of light in the sky caused by a meteor on Tuesday night was caught on camera by the University of Toronto Scarborough Observatory.
September 30, 2016 Out with a bang: Rosetta crashes into comet After a journey of billions of miles and a historic cosmic rendezvous, the Rosetta spacecraft met its end when it had a “controlled impact” with the comet it had been studying.
September 26, 2016 In China, the world's biggest radio telescope is now complete The largest radio telescope in the world is getting ready to start listening to the cosmos now that it’s finished, the Chinese Academy of Sciences announced.
September 23, 2016 Giant green space blob mystery solved A giant blob of gas and dust far off in the universe mysteriously glows bright green, and astronomers have finally figured out why.
September 16, 2016 Stunning map of the cosmos reveals over 1 billion stars A vast map of the cosmos has been published by the European Space Agency, showing over one billion stars in the Milky Way and beyond.
September 1, 2016 Alien signals from a faraway star? Nope, scientists say it's likely interference The signals detected near star HD164595 that were thought to possibly be alien appear to just be some type of terrestrial interference, the Russian agency behind the telescope that detected it says.
August 30, 2016 SETI team investigating mysterious signal from star 94 light-years away A powerful signal has been spotted coming from the vicinity of a sunlike star, and now astronomers are trying to figure out what it means.
August 29, 2016 Scientists finish yearlong Mars simulation in isolated Hawaii dome Six scientists have completed a yearlong Mars simulation in Hawaii, where they lived in a dome in near isolation.
August 25, 2016 Found: Dragonfly 44, a strange galaxy made mostly of dark matter A galaxy called Dragonfly 44 has caught scientists’ attention for a fascinating reason: it’s made almost completely of dark matter.