Earthquakes & Tsunamis: Causes & Information By Nola Taylor Redd published 21 April 15 Earthquakes occur every day, but most people don't notice the small ones. Here's what causes earthquakes.
1st Color Image of Pluto Snapped by Approaching NASA Probe (Photo) By Nola Taylor Redd published 15 April 15
Hubble Telescope Captures Spectacular New Views of 'Pillars of Creation' By Nola Taylor Redd published 6 January 15 Amazing new images of the Eagle Nebula's iconic Pillars of Creation from the Hubble Space Telescope reveal how the nebula has changed 20 years after Hubble's first photo of the region.
We'll Find Alien Life in This Lifetime, Scientists Tell Congress By Nola Taylor Redd published 24 May 14 Over the next two decades, scientists should have results from the three methods of searching for alien life.
Doomed Space Cloud Nears Milky Way's Black Hole as Scientists Watch By Nola Taylor Redd published 29 April 14 A cloud of gas headed for the heart of the Milky Way could provide insight into how black holes are supersized.
For Small Asteroids, Sunlight Spawns Dust (and Maybe Death) By Nola Taylor Redd published 5 April 14 The dusty surface of small asteroids is born by extreme temperature shifts between periods of sunlight and darkness, a cycle of drastic changes that break up space rocks over time, scientists say.
Galaxy 'Serial Killer' Caught in the Act of a Galactic Gobble (Video, Photos) By Nola Taylor Redd published 3 April 14 An observatory in Chile has caught sight of a cosmic killer: a galaxy that has destroyed at least one of its galactic neighbors.
'Zebra Stripes' in Earth's Magnetic Field Have Surprising Source By Nola Taylor Redd published 3 April 14 Strange stripelike features in Earth's magnetic field are caused by the planet's spin, and not by the constant bombardment of solar particles as previously thought, scientists say.
Asteroid Found with Rings! First-of-Its-Kind Discovery Stuns Astronomers (Video, Images) By Nola Taylor Redd published 26 March 14 Scientists have made a stunning discovery in the outer realm of the solar system — an asteroid with its own set of rings that orbits the sun between Saturn and Uranus.
High-Tech Telescope 'MUSE' Creates 3D Views of the Universe (Video, Images) By Nola Taylor Redd published 21 March 14 A new telescope tool for peering into the cosmos and creating three-dimensional views of the universe has passed its first major test at a European observatory in Chile's high desert.
Pew! Pew! Pew! Space Station Laser to Beam HD Video to Earth By Nola Taylor Redd published 12 March 14 Information gathered by planetary and deep space craft may soon be streaming back to Earth in the form of a laser rather than by radio waves.
Where's Planet X? NASA Space Telescope Discovers Thousands of New Stars, But No 'Nemesis' By Nola Taylor Redd published 10 March 14 Despite finding a slew of new stellar bodies outside the solar system, NASA's WISE telescope discovered no suggestion of a brown dwarf companion to the sun or a massive hidden planet.
'Black Widow' Star Consumes Cosmic Companion (Video) By Nola Taylor Redd published 3 March 14 A fast-spinning star destroys its companion, much as a black widow spider consumes its mate.
Scientists to Create Coldest Spot in Universe on Space Station (Video) By Nola Taylor Redd published 14 February 14
Black Holes Heated Early Universe Slower Than Previously Thought By Nola Taylor Redd published 6 February 14 Black holes acting as companions to early stars may have taken more time to raise the temperature of the ancient universe than previously thought, a new study suggests.
Structure of 'Baby Milky Way' Galaxy Seen for the First Time By Nola Taylor Redd published 3 February 14 Astronomers have gotten their first clear look at galaxy in the very early universe that could have become somewhat like the Milky Way.
Super Bowl Space Tech: NASA Makes the Big Game Possible By Nola Taylor Redd published 31 January 14 From helmets to headsets to football-players-turned astronauts, NASA and the Super Bowl have a number of things in common.
The North Star Polaris Is Getting Brighter By Nola Taylor Redd published 28 January 14 Far from remaining steady, the North Star has grown as much as 4.6 times brighter over the last 2,000 years.
Strange, Hypervelocity Stars Get Ejected from Milky Way By Nola Taylor Redd published 28 January 14 Scientists have found twenty sun-like stars moving fast enough to escape the galaxy.
Milky Way's Huge Black Hole to Gobble Gas Cloud Soon By Nola Taylor Redd published 23 January 14 When the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way consumes an incoming cloud of gas, NASA’s Swift telescope will be on the scene.
