July 14, 2016 Monstrous 'Frankenstein galaxy' made from cosmic spare parts A seemingly nondescript galaxy is actually a behemoth cobbled together out of various cosmic spare parts, Frankenstein-style, a new study suggests.
July 12, 2016 Stunning NASA image shows 'Morse code' dunes on Mars NASA has released an image of dunes on Mars that bear a striking similarity to Morse code.
July 5, 2016 The world's biggest telescope has been installed in China Extraterrestrial life could soon join gunpowder and papermaking on the list of great Chinese discoveries.
July 5, 2016 Astronomers reveal 6,000-year-old 'telescope with no lens' Did the narrow passageways to ancient, sacred tombs actually serve as the first telescopes?
July 3, 2016 American woman guilty of threatening to kill Stephen Hawking at conference An American woman was handed a suspended four-month jail sentence in Spain Friday for threatening to kill cosmologist Stephen Hawking.
June 29, 2016 Opal-studded meteorite hints at origins of Earth's water A gem of a meteorite found in Antarctica is studded with pieces of opal, a crystal that is associated with water.
June 24, 2016 Scientists observe huge black hole shred a star, emit x-rays Scientists have observed a dramatic tidal disruption event in a galaxy nearly 4 billion light years away.
June 21, 2016 'Electric wind' sucked water away from Venus, scientists say We already know there isn’t any water on Venus anymore, but scientists working with ESA’s (European Space Agency) Venus Express mission by NASA-funded researchers think they may have solved the mystery of how the planet’s oceans ultimately disappeared: they were sucked away by a powerful electric wind.
June 20, 2016 Get set for rare full moon summer solstice Today is a special day in the Northern Hemisphere.
June 17, 2016 Scientists discover oxygen in distant, early galaxy Using an array of antennas in the mountains of Chile, scientists have discovered the presence of oxygen a long time ago, in a galaxy, far, far away.
