May 2, 2016 CU-Boulder pitches telescope that could image at higher-res than Hubble It looks like the Hubble Space Telescope could have some competition. Researchers at the University of Colorado will update NASA this week on the Aragoscope, their space telescope concept that could potentially provide images that are up to 1,000 times sharper than those from Hubble, according to a CU-Boulder press release.
May 2, 2016 Sweet! Deep-space sugars may reveal clues about origins of life Sugars may form in the types of ice found in deep space — a finding that could help to explain how comets and meteorites could have seeded the primordial Earth with key ingredients for life, researchers say.
May 2, 2016 Big asteroid to zoom by Earth on Jan. 26 A large asteroid about a third of a mile wide will zoom safely by Earth this month, and mark the planet's closest encounter with a space rock of its size until 2027.
May 2, 2016 NASA investigates building a cloud city on Venus Just like out of a “Star Wars” movie, NASA is investigating the possibility of building a blimp-suspended city in the clouds high above Venus' searing-hot surface.
May 2, 2016 Telescope captures stunning images of alien planets and young star The world's most sensitive exoplanet imager has returned some amazing photos, as well as surprising results, just a year after opening its eyes.
May 2, 2016 The brightest planets in January's night sky: How to see them The start of 2015 brings a new year of planet hunting for amateur astronomers around the world, and plenty of dazzling views of the planets await in January for the stargazer who knows where and when to look.
May 2, 2016 Alien oceans may flow on 'super-Earth' planets SEATTLE — Alien worlds more massive than Earth could harbor long-lasting oceans, according to new research.
April 28, 2016 New Horizons encore? Pluto Probe's team proposes extension The public should know soon if NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will get to perform a second epic flyby in the dark depths of the outer solar system.
April 28, 2016 What might the putative 'Planet Nine' look like? Astronomers are trying to take the measure of Planet Nine before the hypothesized world has even been discovered.
April 28, 2016 Saturn is absolutely gorgeous in this photo from NASA's Cassini probe Saturn, the jewel of our solar system, reigns supreme in this spectacular new photo from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, which also captured the planet's stunning rings and the tiny moon Dione.
