April 28, 2016 Pluto's blue bands get high-resolution makeover Pluto's blue bands shine spectacularly in the highest-resolution image yet of the dwarf planet's atmosphere.
April 28, 2016 Babylonians tracked Jupiter with fancy math, tablet reveals For a text that may rewrite the history of mathematics, it looks rather sloppy
April 28, 2016 How astronomers could actually see 'Planet Nine' If Planet Nine really exists, astronomers have a pretty decent chance of spotting it.
April 28, 2016 Worldwide telescope network will take best-ever images of Black Holes Get ready for your close-up, black holes: The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), which will take some of the best images of black holes ever captured by humans, is ramping up its worldwide network of telescopes.
April 28, 2016 NASA's Kepler comes roaring back with 100 new exoplanet finds NASA's Kepler spacecraft has bounced back nicely from the malfunction that ended its original exoplanet hunt more than two years ago.
April 28, 2016 The first meteor shower of 2016 is peaking, and it's an exceptional one The first meteor display of 2016 – the Quadrantid meteor shower - will hit its peak on Monday.
April 26, 2016 Alien hunters claim Venus has buildings Space might very well be considered the “final frontier,” but according to alien hunters, intelligent life on Venus includes cities for its inhabitants.
April 13, 2016 1917 glass plate offers oldest evidence of exoplanetary system Scientists have found the oldest-known manmade evidence of an exoplanetary system— and it’s been sitting in a basement for almost a century on a piece of glass.
April 1, 2016 Hubble telescope looks deep into the Milky Way The Hubble Space Telescope has peered deep into the heart of our Milky Way Galaxy, revealing a tapestry of more than half a million stars, NASA announced Thursday.
March 30, 2016 Did an asteroid slam into Jupiter? If something slams into Jupiter and two strangers a thousand miles away from each other film it, does it count?