Author: Astronomy Staff

Space Exploration

NASA and ATK successfully test five-segment solid rocket motor

Robotic Spaceflight, Space Exploration

NASA Glenn tests alternative green rocket engine

Exoplanets, Science

Spectrum of young extrasolar planet yields surprising results

Science, Solar System

Shrinking atmospheric layer linked to low levels of solar radiation

Science, Solar System

Mars’ mysterious elongated crater

Science, Stars

Distant star’s sound waves reveal cycle similar to the Sun’s

Exoplanets, Science

NASA’s Kepler mission discovers two planets transiting same star

Milky Way, Science

WISE captures the Unicorn’s Rose

Science, Solar System

New international study shows some asteroids live in own “little worlds”

Exoplanets, Science

Richest planetary system discovered

Exoplanets, Science, Stars

Pulverized planet dust may lie around double stars

Solar System

Billions of years from now, what will be the fate of our Sun? Would it be a hard surface we could walk on?