Usually, waking up before sunrise is a good way to get a head start on the day. On Oct. 21st, waking up early could stop you in your tracks.

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Oct 15, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

(Phys.org)—The Universe is filled with mysterious objects. Many of them are as strange as they are beautiful. Among these, planetary nebulae are probably one of the most fascinating objects to behold in ...

Space & Earth - Astronomy

Oct 12, 2012 4.8 / 5 (6) 5 |

(Phys.org)—Scientists at the University of Cambridge have used cutting-edge infrared surveys of the sky to discover a new population of enormous, rapidly growing supermassive black holes in the early Universe. ...

Space & Earth - Astronomy

Oct 08, 2012 5 / 5 (5) 1 |

(Phys.org)—This dazzling image shows the globular cluster Messier 69, or M 69 for short, as viewed through the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Globular clusters are dense collections of old stars. In this ...

Space & Earth - Astronomy

Oct 07, 2012 5 / 5 (8) 0 |

(Phys.org)—NASA's Swift satellite recently detected a rising tide of high-energy X-rays from a source toward the center of our Milky Way galaxy. The outburst, produced by a rare X-ray nova, announced the ...

Space & Earth - Astronomy

Oct 05, 2012 4.5 / 5 (13) 14 |

(Phys.org)—Combining the cutting-edge capabilities of the ALMA telescope with newly-developed laboratory techniques, scientists are opening a completely new era for deciphering the chemistry of the Universe. ...

Space & Earth - Astronomy

Sep 20, 2012 5 / 5 (5) 0 |

(Phys.org)—Supernovae, the explosive deaths of massive stars, are among the most momentous events in the cosmos because they disburse into space all of the chemical elements that were produced inside their ...

Space & Earth - Astronomy

Sep 18, 2012 4 / 5 (2) 0

News flash: The Milky Way galaxy just got a little weirder. Back in 2011 astronomers were amazed when NASA's Kepler spacecraft discovered a planet orbiting a double star system.  Such a world, they realized, ...

Space & Earth - Astronomy

Sep 13, 2012 5 / 5 (26) 35 |

(Phys.org)—A group of astronomers led by Gregg Wade of the Royal Military College of Canada have used the Hobby-Eberly Telescope (HET) at The University of Texas at Austin's McDonald Observatory and the ...

Space & Earth - Astronomy

Sep 11, 2012 4.2 / 5 (5) 5 |

(Phys.org)—A new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows NGC 5806, a spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo (the Virgin). It lies around 80 million light years from Earth. Also visible in ...

Space & Earth - Astronomy

Sep 02, 2012 4.6 / 5 (10) 0 |

The annual Perseid meteor shower -- dubbed "the tears of St. Lawrence" in honour of a martyred Christian saint -- reaches its peak this weekend, astronomers said on Friday.

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Aug 11, 2012 3.7 / 5 (3) 1

The annual Perseid meteor shower, which will peak on Aug. 11-12, is one of the most popular every year because it happens on warm summer nights, when gazing at the starry sky is always enjoyable. In a clear, dark sky there ...

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

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Every time NASA lands a rover on Mars--or even makes the attempt--it is cause for celebration. On August 5th, the heavens themselves are aligning to mark the event.

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Jul 30, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 0

(Phys.org) -- X-ray observations have revealed something curious about the young star that illuminates McNeil's Nebula, a glowing jewel of cosmic dust in the Orion constellation: The object is a protostar ...

Space & Earth - Astronomy

Jul 03, 2012 5 / 5 (4) 2 |

(Phys.org) -- A loose group of stars that was known for over 180 years but never before studied in detail has been revealed to be an important new tool in the quest to understand the evolution of stars like ...

Space & Earth - Astronomy

Jun 22, 2012 4.4 / 5 (14) 4 |