Ever tried to comprehend the magnitude of the cosmos and some of its most energetic processes? If so, the X-ray halo around the merging galaxies known as NGC 6240 may just blow your mind. Continue reading → read more »
Unsure when U.S. companies will be ready to fly astronauts to the International Space Station, NASA has signed up for six more rides with the Russian space agency, at a cost of $70 million apiece. Continue reading → read more »
After three weeks of radio silence from NASAs veteran Mars rover Opportunity, mission managers regained contact with the robot only to find it had dropped into a self-imposed safe mode. Continue reading → read more »
How the modern universe is primarily composed of matter and not antimatter has foxed astrophysicists for decades, but a result from an LHC experiment has uncovered a new clue behind the matter-antimatter asymmetry mystery. Continue reading → read more »
SpaceShipTwo, a six-passenger, two-pilot suborbital spaceship owned by Virgin Galactic, is scheduled for is first rocket-powered test flight on Monday. Continue reading → read more »
It may sound like an Earth Day slogan, but it really does pay to go green. As it turns out, whats good for the Earth is also good for galaxies. Continue reading → read more »
A black hole and an ill-fated red dwarf star make for the fastest binary orbit ever observed, with the star traveling at a staggering two million kilometers per hour. Continue reading → read more »
An Antares rocket, one of two launchers developed with NASA backing to fly cargo capsules to the International Space Station, blasted off on its debut mission on Sunday, successfully depositing a dummy spacecraft into orbit. -> read more »
Orbital Sciences Corp., the second of two firms hired by NASA to haul cargo to the International Space Station, will try again Saturday to launch its new Antares rocket. -> read more »
The debut launch of a new rocket built to fly cargo ships to the International Space Station is on hold after a last-minute technical problem. -> read more »
