March 29, 2016 Scientists attempt to regain contact with Japan's malfunctioning Hitomi satellite The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is attempting to regain contact with its malfunctioning Hitomi astronomy satellite.
March 27, 2016 China removing thousands from homes to hunt for aliens In what would make for a decent episode of The X-Files, the Chinese government is forcing more than 9,000 residents from their homes in order to better search for alien life in the cosmos.
March 24, 2016 NASA's Kepler telescope captures exploding star's shockwave Astronomers have used NASA’s Kepler space telescope to capture for the first time the incredible flash from an exploding star’s shockwave.
March 21, 2016 Two comets set to whiz past Earth this week Two comets that scientists have dubbed twins for their similar orbits are set to safely fly past Earth this week, though they will be the closest any come for the next 150 years.
March 17, 2016 Hubble finds cluster of massive stars in distant galaxy Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have spotted the largest collection of monster stars – objects with masses over 100 times greater than the sun.
March 4, 2016 Astronomers spot galaxy a record 13.4 billion light-years from Earth Astronomers say they have discovered a hot, star-popping galaxy that is far, far away — farther than any previously detected, from a time when the universe was a mere toddler of about 400 million years old.
March 1, 2016 NASA releases new ultraviolet image of Mars' moon Phobos NASA has released a new image of Mars’ moon Phobos, allowing scientists to better assess the mysterious object.
February 29, 2016 Hubble captures star's stunning blue bubble The Hubble space telescope has captured an incredible image of a blue bubble around a distant star.
February 25, 2016 Scientists trace mysterious radio flash to distant galaxy For the first time, unusual radio signals that long befuddled scientists have been traced to a distant galaxy as much as 6 billion light years away.
February 24, 2016 Fireball meteor exploded over the Atlantic earlier this month A fireball meteor shot across the sky over the Atlantic Ocean earlier this month, according to NASA, which describes the fiery object as the largest since the Chelyabinsk meteor over Russia in 2013.