November 20, 2015 Stars in distant galaxies found to have a pulse This behavior has been seen in our own Milky Way but it has been difficult to document in distant galaxies. Now, a team of researchers from Harvard and Yale have for the first time show that stars that are located tens of millions of light years away have a heartbeat if you will.
November 19, 2015 Strange 'ancient face' spotted on Mars rock For anyone scanning photos of Mars, the Red Planet can often seem like a house of mirrors. Amid the dust and rocks, there have over the years been reports of what seem to be images of human faces, a spoon and, of course, the portrait of Mahatma Gandhi in profile.
November 18, 2015 Attempt to better define planets could make our Moon one You'll remember the International Astronomical Union's redefinition of a planet in 2006 as the move that demoted Pluto to a mere dwarf planet.
November 18, 2015 Astronomers find most distant object in solar system Using the Subaru telescope located on the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawaii, scientists in October spotted what they believe is a dwarf planet, which is located about 9.6 billion miles from the Sun – or 100 times further from the Sun than the Earth is and three times further from the Sun than Pluto is.
November 14, 2015 NASA chief: Time to clean up all that space junk NASA Administrator Charles Bolden warns that too little is being done to remove debris from space, an issue that has drawn plenty of attention this week after an unknown object made a fiery entry into Earth’s atmosphere.
November 13, 2015 Mysterious space junk makes spectacular re-entry into Earth's atmosphere A mysterious piece of space junk dubbed WT1190F made a spectacular re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere early Friday, as predicted by scientists. Experts, however, are unsure whether it splashed down in the Indian Ocean, as initially expected.
November 12, 2015 Scientists discover closest-ever Earth-sized exoplanet The planet, named GJ 1132b, is orbiting a small star located a mere 39 light-years from Earth, making it the closest Earth-sized exoplanet yet discovered. It’s believed to be about 440 degrees Fahrenheit on its rocky surface, and is likely tidally locked, meaning that it has a permanent day and night side, presenting the same face to its star.
November 12, 2015 Buzz Aldrin commemorates his first ever spacewalk with historic selfie Kim Kardashian has some serious competition from Buzz Aldrin. The astronaut touted “the first space selfie” on social media Thursday to commemorate his first ever spacewalk.
November 11, 2015 Here's what happens when an asteroid is ripped apart by a dead star Stunning glowing ring image it the result of an asteroid being ripped apart by a dead star known as SDSS1228+1040.
November 11, 2015 Mars' moon Phobos could be headed for destruction NASA is predicting that the groove marks spotted on Phobos could be a sign that it will eventually be pulled apart - in tens of millions of years.
