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UCLA space scientists find way to monitor elusive collisions in space
Many collisions occur between asteroids and other objects in our solar system, but scientists are not always able to detect or track these impacts from Earth. The "rogue debris" created by such collisions can sometimes catch us by surprise. View More (2013-04-24)
Clues to the mysterious origin of cosmic rays
In the year 1006 a new star was seen in the southern skies and widely recorded around the world. It was many times brighter than the planet Venus and may even have rivaled the brightness of the Moon. View More (2013-02-15)
An elusive effect measured during the last Venus transit
A team of Italian astronomers performed a very difficult measurement for which it was necessary to use the most advanced instrumentation in combination with an unusual technique, so as to involve even the Moon as a natural astronomical mirror. View More (2012-12-11)
Can life emerge on planets around cooling stars?
Astronomers find planets in strange places and wonder if they might support life. View More (2012-11-30)
Probing the mystery of the Venus fly trap's botanical bite
Plants lack muscles, yet in only a tenth of a second, the meat-eating Venus fly trap hydrodynamically snaps its leaves shut to trap an insect meal. View More (2012-11-19)
RHESSI Will Use Venus Transit to Improve Measurements of the Sun's Diameter
The RHESSI (Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager) satellite focuses on the highest energy x-rays and gamma-rays produced by the sun, helping to observe solar flares of all shapes and sizes. View More (2012-06-05)
The Mysterious Arc of Venus
When Venus transits the sun on June 5th and 6th, an armada of spacecraft and ground-based telescopes will be on the lookout for something elusive and, until recently, unexpected: The Arc of Venus.
View More (2012-06-05)
SDO to observe Venus transit
On June 5, 2012 at 6:03 PM EDT, the planet Venus will do something it has done only seven times since the invention of the telescope: cross in front of the sun. View More (2012-06-04)
Hubble to use moon as mirror to see Venus transit
This mottled landscape showing the impact crater Tycho is among the most violent-looking places on our moon. View More (2012-05-07)
Venus to appear in once-in-a-lifetime event
On 5 and 6 June this year, millions of people around the world will be able to see Venus pass across the face of the Sun in what will be a once-in-a-lifetime experience. View More (2012-05-01)
A bit touchy: Plants' insect defenses activated by touch
A new study by Rice University scientists reveals that plants can use the sense of touch to fight off fungal infections and insects. View More (2012-04-10)
The sounds of Mars and Venus are revealed for the first time
In a world first, the sounds of Mars and Venus are revealed as part of a planetarium show in Hampshire this Easter.
View More (2012-04-03)
Space weather: Explosions on Venus
In the grand scheme of the solar system, Venus and Earth are almost the same distance from the sun. View More (2012-03-06)
A wealth of habitable planets in the Milky Way
Six years of observations of millions of stars now show how common it is for stars to have planets in orbits around them. View More (2012-01-12)
Astronomers find 3 smallest planets outside solar system
A team of astronomers led by scientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has discovered the three smallest confirmed planets ever detected outside our solar system. View More (2012-01-12)
Giant planet ejected from the solar system
Just as an expert chess player sacrifices a piece to protect the queen, the solar system may have given up a giant planet and spared the Earth, according to an article recently published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters. View More (2011-11-11)
In Reading Facial Emotion, Context Is Everything
In a close-up headshot, Serena Williams' eyes are pressed tensely closed; her mouth is wide open, teeth bared. Her face looks enraged. Now zoom out: The tennis star is on the court, racket in hand, fist clenched in victory. She's not angry. She's ecstatic, having just beaten her sister Venus at the 2008 U.S. Open. View More (2011-10-04)
Venus Weather Not Boring After All, NASA/International Study Shows
At first glance, a weather forecaster for Venus would have either a really easy or a really boring job, depending on your point of view. View More (2011-09-28)
From Star Wars to science fact: Tatooine-like planet discovered
Although cold and gaseous rather than a desert world, the newfound planet Kepler-16b is still the closest astronomers have come to discovering Luke Skywalker's home world of Tatooine. View More (2011-09-16)
Jupiter's youthful travels redefined solar system
Jupiter, long settled in its position as the fifth planet from our sun, was a rolling stone in its youth. View More (2011-06-07)
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