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October 21, 2015

Cosmos may be curved, scientists say

Evidence left over after the Big Bang may suggest a saddle-shaped universe, new data suggests.

October 21, 2015

Hubble telescope spots 'cosmic caterpillar' 6 trillion miles long

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured what scienitsts are describing as a "cosmic caterpillar" nearly 6 trillion miles long slinking through deepspace.

October 21, 2015

Russia launches animals into space on one-month journey

An intrepid critter crew of geckos, mice and gerbils and other animals launched into orbit Friday to begin a month-long Russian experiment to study how space travel affects living creatures.

October 20, 2015

Look up! 13 must-see stargazing events in 2013

As 2012 comes to a close, some might wonder what is looming sky-wise for 2013.What celestial events might we look forward to seeing?

October 20, 2015

World's most advanced telescope spies distant galaxies' early lives

A high-tech robotic instrument on the Very Large Telescope in Chile has seen its first light, and the results bode well for the future.

October 20, 2015

Meteor shower created by Halley鈥檚 Comet peaks tonight

A meteor shower spawned by history鈥檚 most famous comet will peak this weekend, and the show could be dazzling for observers with clear skies, experts say.

October 20, 2015

Distance between Earth and sun redefined

The International Astronomical Union has voted unanimously to redefine the astronomical unit, the conventional unit of length based on the distance between the Earth and the sun.

October 20, 2015

One man's ashes will fly by Pluto on Tuesday

On Feb. 18, 1930, a young astronomer poring over a series of images of the sky, taken from a telescope at Arizona's Lowell Observatory, spotted movement among some 150,000 stars, reports Space.com.

October 20, 2015

Scientists spot a heart, whale on Pluto

NASA鈥檚 New Horizons spacecraft is set to pass within 7,750 miles of Pluto on Tuesday, and the probe has now sent us our closest view yet of the dwarf planet.

October 20, 2015

Hawaii's Thirty Meter Telescope website taken down in apparent cyberattack

An apparent cyberattack Sunday temporarily disrupted the main website of Thirty Meter Telescope, the organization trying to construct one of the world's largest telescopes near the summit of Mauna Kea on Hawaii's Big Island.