May 2, 2016 Fierce 'superflares' from the Sun zapped the infant Earth Our young sun may have routinely blasted Earth with gobs of energy more powerful than any similar bombardments recorded in human history.
May 2, 2016 Warp in space-time swallows pulsar Astronomers have watched a pulsar some 25,000 light-years from Earth slip from view, swallowed by a warp in the fabric of spacetime.
May 2, 2016 Ceres science: NASA probe to study dwarf planet's bright spots and more There's something highly reflective on Ceres twinkling at NASA's Dawn spacecraft, and scientists hope to figure out what it is after the probe arrives at the dwarf planet later this week.
May 2, 2016 NASA probes catch solar shockwave in action for the first time For the first time ever, NASA’s Van Allen Probes caught the before and after effects of a solar shockwave as it was happening. The event, which occurred on October 8, 2013, was triggered by an explosion that erupted on the sun’s surface, sending a shockwave of solar wind careening through space. After passing the moon, the shockwave hurtled toward Earth before running head-on into the magnetic field surrounding our planet. This impact then set off a magnetized sound pulse, which reverberated around Earth.
May 2, 2016 India has launched its first high-definition telescope into orbit India has been on a roll lately. Just a few short weeks after completing construction on the world's first solar-powered airport, and also unveiling a big plan to replace all street lights with energy-saving LEDs; the country has now successfully launched its first space observatory -- a major milestone for its rapidly growing space program.
May 2, 2016 Oddly gigantic supermassive black hole puzzles scientists The supermassive black hole at the heart of a recently discovered galaxy is much larger than it should be, and astronomers don't know why.
May 2, 2016 Mars has flowing liquid water, NASA confirms NASA has confirmed the existence of flowing liquid salty water on Mars, fuelling the possibility of life on the Red Planet.
May 2, 2016 Biggest moon myths for the 'supermoon' total lunar eclipse Sunday's rare "supermoon" total lunar eclipse has prompted greater discussion of the moon — and those discussions sometimes involve persistent lunar myths.
May 2, 2016 NASA releases stunning image of a supernova's remnants NASA has released a stunning image of the remnants of a supernova taken by the agency’s Hubble Space Telescope.
May 2, 2016 Eavesdropping on aliens: Why Edward Snowden got ET wrong Edward Snowden, the former contractor who leaked National Security Agency secrets publicly in 2013, is now getting attention for an odd subject: aliens
