Author: Astronomy Staff

Human Spaceflight, Space Exploration

NASA selects four proposals to study space radiation risks

Human Spaceflight, Space Exploration

NASA’s Space Shuttle Program hands over launch pad to Constellation Program

Human Spaceflight, Space Exploration

NASA announces members of Human Space Flight Review Committee

Exoplanets, Science

50-year-old planet-hunting method nabs its first planet

Science

World’s largest solar telescope now operational

Exotic Objects, Science

Ghost remains after black hole eruption

Galaxies, Science, Stars

An exploding star in an “exploding galaxy”

Human Spaceflight, Space Exploration

New International Space Station crew launches from Kazakhstan

Exotic Objects, Science

XMM-Newton takes astronomers to a black hole’s edge

Science

Most efficient spectrograph to shoot the southern skies

Science

Ask Astro web extra: Why does the Moon look so large sometimes as it rises on the horizon?

Science

Is it possible to combine digitized observations of an object from widely separated telescopes, creating a virtual interferometer?