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Milky Way's Huge Black Hole to Gobble Gas Cloud SoonWhen 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.
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Cosmic Lens Caught Bending Bright Gamma-Ray Burst, a Space FirstNASA's Fermi telescope has captured the first gamma-ray measurements of a gravitational lens, a rare natural alignment in which a massive body distorts light from a more distant object.
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Potato-Shaped Mars Moon Phobos May Be a Captured Asteroid -
Smallest, Faintest Galaxies of the Ancient Universe Spotted -
Fast-Spinning Star Tests Einstein's General Relativity TheoryA fast-spinning star packed tightly with two white dwarf companions may be the best test yet of Einstein's theory of general relativity.
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'Share the Love': Neil deGrasse Tyson Urges Scientists to Educate PublicPopular astrophysicst Neil deGrasse Tyson lectured other astronomers on the importance of putting scientific information in managable, relatable segments.
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Hubble Telescope Reveals Super-Planets Covered in Alien Clouds -
6 Biggest Space Science Discoveries of 2013From extrasolar planets to extraterrestrial neutrinos, these scientific findings have made sure that 2013 has been an unforgettable year.
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Huge Asteroid Vesta Shines in Dazzling New Light (Images) -
Europe Launches Wake-Up Call Contest for Comet-bound Spacecraft -
Make Your Own Spectroscope | Spectroscopy Science Fair ProjectSpectroscopes split light into different wavelengths. You can use them to determine the chemical composition of objects such as stars and elements.
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Clouds On Alien Planet Mapped for 1st Time (Image) -
Strange Super-Earth Planet Has 'Plasma' Water Atmosphere -
Interstellar Wind Changes Reveal Glimpse of Milky Way's Complexity -
Fast and Furious: Violent Short-Lived Stars Stunt Galaxy GrowthFast-paced star formation in some galaxies can starve future star generations, preventing galaxies from massive growth, scientists say. See how it works.
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Evidence of Alien Planets? No, It's Just GasRing-shaped gaps in the gas around a newborn star system can trick astronomers into thinking that baby planets are forming there when they actually aren't, scientists say.
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Secret Feeding Habits of Galaxies RevealedA bright quasar shining through the gas around another galaxy provides insight into galactic feeding habits.
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Giant Gas Clouds Found In Void Between Nearby GalaxiesThe giant, never-before-seen clouds of ionized gas were discovered between the Andromeda and Triangulum galaxies, neighbors of our own Milky Way.
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Baby Boom: Ancient Galaxy Fires Out New Stars at Record PaceAn ancient galaxy is churning out stars nearly 20 times as fast as its modern equivalents.
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Ever-Changing Venus Superstorm Sparks InterestScientists are unsure why Venus' vortex evolves as it does.
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Did a Comet Really Chill and Kill Clovis Culture?A comet proposed to have crashed into North America almost 13,000 years ago didn't do so, according to new research.
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Students Get Satellite Time: Inside the Mars Student Imaging ProjectFifth-graders to college students can work with NASA's Mars Odyssey satellite.
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Violent Asteroid Crashes Shaped Protoplanet Vesta's Odd InteriorViolent Asteroid Crashes Shaped Protoplanet Vesta's Odd Interior
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Monday Launch to Continue 40-Year Earth-Observing MissionThe next Landsat satellite will monitor water supplies and retreating glaciers, among other things.
