All Entries in the "Astronomy" Category
Inside-out exploding star
Why did a star turn itself inside out when it blasted itself to bits?
Billions of super-Earths “out there”
Our galaxy’s faint red stars are thought to harbour billions of planets only slightly bigger than Earth.
Earth’s other moons
Earth usually has more than one moon, say astronomers.
Solar storm reaches Earth
A huge solar flare sent a storm of energy on a collision course with our planet.
Galaxy may swarm with ‘nomad’ planets
Our galaxy may be awash in homeless planets, wandering through space instead of orbiting a star.
Northern Lights put on a show
Ghostly aerial glows delight skywatchers across the Northern Hemisphere this week.
Mini-Solar System has smallest planets found so far
NASA’s Kepler mission has found three planets smaller than Earth circling a dim, red star.
Galaxy at the dawn of time
NASA space telescopes help spot a rare galaxy, as it was when the universe was young.
What’s up? Night sky for January 2012
When and where to see the Moon and planets this month.
Moon mission set to begin in New Year
Dynamic duo GRAIL spacecraft set to arrive in lunar orbit at the beginning of January.
