May 2, 2016 This photo of Saturn's moon Dione crossing the planet is simply jaw-dropping An icy moon of Saturn hangs against the face of its giant parent planet in a breathtaking new image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
May 2, 2016 How would the world change if we found alien life? In 1938, Orson Welles narrated a radio broadcast of "War of the Worlds" as a series of simulated radio bulletins of what was happening in real time as Martians arrived on our home planet.
May 2, 2016 Rare doomed planet with extreme seasons discovered A rare planet has been discovered, and it doesn’t seem like a stop anyone would want to make on an intergalactic cruise.
May 2, 2016 'Mirage planets' may complicate search for extraterrestrial life Some alien worlds might look like they're capable of hosting life as we know it on Earth, but in reality, these "mirage planets" might have burned away those chances for life, scientists think.
May 2, 2016 Doomed white dwarf stars to spawn supernova in colossal crash The days are numbered for two newly discovered dead stars locked in a spinning spiral of doom that will eventually lead to a catastrophic collision that triggers a supernova explosion, astronomers say.
May 2, 2016 Wow! Hubble telescope sees rare 3-Moon shadow dance on Jupiter NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured three of Jupiter's moons marching across the huge planet's disc, a stunning sight that happens only once or twice every 10 years.
May 2, 2016 Scientists: What it would be like to enter a black hole Interstellar travelers who find themselves entering a black hole might want to have some air sickness pills handy. According to a report in an upcoming “Physical Review Letters,” researchers from the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics in Toronto have found that interacting ripples in spacetime are capable of creating turbulence in the vicinity of a black hole.
May 2, 2016 Hubble Space Telescope could survive through 2020, scientists say Scientists working with the long-lived Hubble Space Telescope say that the intrepid eye on the sky could continue functioning through 2020, and even beyond.
May 2, 2016 Some earthlike alien planets may begin as 'mini-Neptunes' Some Earthlike alien worlds may have looked a lot more like miniature versions of Neptune when they were born.
May 2, 2016 Found! 5 ancient alien planets nearly as old as the universe Five rocky alien worlds that are 80 percent as old as the universe itself have been discovered, suggesting that Earth-size planets have been a feature of the Milky Way galaxy almost since its beginning.
