Author: Astronomy Staff

Science, Solar System

Primitive asteroids in the main asteroid belt may have formed far from the Sun

Science, Solar System

New map hints at Venus’ wet, volcanic past

Exotic Objects, Science

Turbulence from large black holes halts star formation

Science

Inauguration of the Gran Telescopio Canaris telescope

Exotic Objects, Science, Stars

Star clusters point to black holes ejected from host galaxies

Robotic Spaceflight, Space Exploration

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory arrives at Kennedy Space Center

Science

SPIRE instrument returns first images

Cosmology, Milky Way, Science

Dark matter not responsible for gamma-ray distribution in Milky Way

Science, Stars

Distant supernovae studied by new method

Robotic Spaceflight, Space Exploration

Rover extraction tests begin

Robotic Spaceflight, Space Exploration

Swan Nebula’s glistening new portrait

Robotic Spaceflight, Space Exploration

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter sends first lunar images to Earth