3 Win Nobel Prize in Physics for Work to Understand Cosmos
Oct 8, 2019 Cosmologist James Peeples is credited with creating theoretical framework about the universe while two Swiss scientists found exoplanet.
The Fight Over Mauna Kea Is About More Than a Telescope
Aug 1, 2019 The rights of Hawaiian indigenous peoples are at stake as local government officials, astronomers, residents and activists take sides.
Water Discovered in Distant Planet’s Atmosphere for First Time
Sep 25, 2014 Far beyond our solar system lies a planet said by astronomers to contain water vapor.
Earth-Like Planet a ‘Stone’s Throw Away’
Jun 30, 2014 Astronomers have discovered a planet that appears to offer some of the most Earth-like conditions found anywhere in the galaxy.
NASA Discovers More Than 700 New Planets and Some May Have Life
Feb 27, 2014
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Mar 16, 2012
NASA: The World Won’t End in 2012
Jan 3, 2012 Sorry, all you Mayan-influenced doomsday enthusiasts, but it's looking to some of the great minds over at NASA as though 2012 isn't going to be particularly apocalypse-friendly as such. Ancient augury versus contemporary astronomy: Who will prevail?
Astronomers Scope Out ‘Earth 2.0’
Dec 6, 2011 Did you know that astronomers have found a bunch of potential "Earth 2.0" candidate planets scattered around the universe? More than 2,000 in fact, and one in particular, which NASA dubbed Kepler 22-b after the supercharged telescope that spotted it, spins around its own sun just 600 light-years away.
This Is the Rocket That Will Take Us to Mars (video)
Sep 15, 2011 Who said NASA is dead? The space agency has unveiled its new rocket design -- the most powerful ever if we go ahead and build it -- capable one day of dropping a human or two on Mars.
Riding the Milky Way in Tucson
Aug 27, 2010 A couple of days after I arrived in Tucson, there came a party invitation The public was invited to the top of Mount Lemmon for a viewing of the annual Perseid showers, a breathtaking display of shooting stars While I generally brake for sand, I also hit the road for star parties.
