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‘Near Earth Objects’ Shield to Assess Earth Defense
NEOShield is a new international project that will assess the threat posed by Near Earth Objects (NEO) and look...
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Comet’s Fiery Plunge May Tell Us How Planets Form
For the first time, scientists have caught a glimpse of a comet's final minutes before it was vaporized by...
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Why Does Our Universe Have Three Dimensions?
Why does our universe look the way it does? In particular, why do we only experience three spatial dimensions...
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What Happened Before the Big Bang?
What existed before the big bang? What is the nature of time? Is our universe one of many? On...
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Mysterious Galaxy Possibly Made of Dark Matter
A team of astronomers has identified a new galaxy that may be made completely of dark matter, the second...
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Say Cheese: Astronomers Aim To Take First Picture of Black Hole
Taking a picture of a black hole, an object so gravitationally bound that not even photons of light can...
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Moroccan Rock Came from Mars
A hail of Martian meteorites crashed to Earth last July, and collectors and scientists around the world are snapping...
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Volunteers Wanted for Planet Hunt
Members of the public are being asked to join the hunt for nearby planets that could support life.Volunteers can...
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More Earth-like Planets Discovered by NASA
It’s another batch of newly discovered earth-like planets, according to NASA officials. U.S. space agency officials announced they have...
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What Happened Before the Big Bang?
As we go back in time, we find that heat intensifies to such a level that all bonds that...