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Echoes of the Big Bang Revealed by European Spacecraft
Cosmic microwave background shows distant galaxy clusters and star-forming regions.
New telescope is exploring solar system 'outback'
In the outer reaches of our solar system lies a mysterious region far more remote and difficult to explore than the Australian outback. It remains the only part of our...
2010 tied for warmest year on record, NASA research finds
Global surface temperatures in 2010 tied 2005 as the warmest on record, according to an analysis by researchers at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York.
Astronomers say goodbye to the 'millicrab'
Crab Nebula no longer the constant source of X-rays it was supposed to be
Astronomers Release Largest-Ever Color Image of Sky
Scientists have released the largest digital color image of the sky ever made, and it's free to whoever wants to take a look.
Director General's annual start-of-the-year press conference
On Friday 14 January, ESA's Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain will brief media at ESA's headquarters in Paris about the Agency's activities. The webcast begins at 09:00 and be available for...
ISS astronaut links up with BBC News
European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli has spoken to BBC News live from on board the International Space Station.
Cosmic magnifying glasses could shed light on the origin of the Universe
The first gravitational lens, a phenomenon in which light from a distant object is bent around a massive foreground object, was discovered in 1979 by a team led by Dr....
Upland downpours 'more frequent'
The frequency of heavy rainfall in North England's uplands during the autumn and winter has "significantly" increased during the 20th Century, a study shows.
And then there was light
In the beginning, there was no light.After the Big Bang created the universe 13 billion years ago, the universe remained enshrouded in darkness. Based on observations of the radiation left over from...
Cosmic Lenses May Spoil Count of Ancient Galaxies
Cosmic lenses created by pockets of warped space-time may be throwing off the population count of the earliest galaxies.
Multimillion-Dollar Space Tourist Trips to Resume in 2013
An American space tourism company that sells multimillion-dollar tourist flights to the International Space Station announced that it will resume the high society spaceflights in 2013 after a five-year lull.
Best Time to Observe the Moon This Month is Now
The next few nights are the best time this month for amateur astronomers to observe the moon.
Sundiving Comet Storm
2010 ended with an unprecedented flurry of small comets diving into the Sun. Researchers say this could herald a much larger comet still to come.
Dot Earth: Can 140 Characters Matter?
Is Twitter a step toward Earth becoming noosphere -- a "planet of the mind"?
Cosmology standard candle not so standard after all
(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers have turned up the first direct proof that "standard candles" used to illuminate the size of the universe, termed Cepheids, shrink in mass, making them not quite...
NASA radar reveals features on asteroid
Radar imaging at NASA's Goldstone Solar System Radar in the California desert on Dec. 11 and 12, 2010, revealed defining characteristics of recently discovered asteroid 2010 JL33. The images have...
Meteor Lights Up Night Sky Over Oklahoma
Greenish Blue Meteor, Possibly Just the Size of a Pebble, Flashes Across Sky, Seen from Florida to Oklahoma
Space tourism jet work continues
The European project to develop a space plane to take fare-paying passengers above the atmosphere is still very much alive, says EADS Astrium.
Sub-Saharan Africa news in brief: 30 December 2010–12 January 2011
Gambia gets a station for receiving satellite data, work starts on biotech lab in Ghana, Nigeria urged to pursue renewables, and more.
SOFIA opens new window on star formation in Orion
A mid-infrared mosaic image from the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, offers new information about processes of star formation in and around the nebula Messier 42 in the...
Image: Holes in the Sun's corona
This Solar Dynamics Observatory image of the Sun taken on January 10 in extreme ultraviolet light captures a dark coronal hole just about at sun center.
Recipes for Health: Bean Soup With Cabbage, Winter Squash and Farro
Wondering what else you can do with the cabbage and winter squash in that box of delivered produce? Here’s a meal in a bowl, perfect for a cold winter night.
Telescope makes 'stunning discoveries'
Astronomers say a telescope deployed a million kilometres away in space has made stunning discoveries.
Web-Streamed Event Will Cover Mars Science Findings
Scientists will discuss recent discoveries about Mars and future Mars exploration at a Jan. 13 event to be streamed live and archived.
Satellite Spies Stellar Hatcheries
First data from Planck may help astronomers learn more about how stars are born
Space Toilet Technique: NASA's How-To Video
Astronaut Mike Massimino helps answer that nagging question: "How do you go to the bathroom in space?" Turns out how (and where) you DON'T go is as important as how...
10-year-old Is Youngest to Discover Exploding Star
A ten-year-old amateur astronomer became the youngest person to have ever discovered a stellar explosion, after detecting a supernova in a galaxy within the constellation of Camelopardalis.