Oxygen finally spotted in space – BBC News
2 August 2011 Last updated at 10:53 ET “Hidden” oxygen may be released from dust grains and ice in star-forming regions One of astronomy’s longest-running “missing persons” investigations has concluded: […]
Juno is on the way to Jupiter – AccuWeather.com (blog)
NASA’s solar-powered Juno spacecraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 12:25 p.m. EDT Friday to begin a five-year journey to Jupiter.Juno’s detailed study of the largest planet […]
Rosetta… Stoned Again
Left: Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko is hidden within this sector of space, a crowded star field in the constellation Scorpius that is towards the center of our galaxy. The image was taken […]
Young Supernova Has Bright Future
This HST image of SN 1987A shows the brightening ring of supernova debris. The closest supernova explosion seen in almost 400 years, it is located in the Large Magellanic Cloud. […]
Twitter alerts astronomers to M51 supernova – Wired.co.uk
Tweets from amateur astronomers have led to the discovery of a supernova located in the Whirlpool Galaxy, 25 million light years from Earth.On May 31, amateur astronomer Amédée Riou spotted […]