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Spitzer Telescope Sees Trail Of Comet Crumbs |
| NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has snapped a picture of the bits and pieces making up Comet 73P/Schwassman-Wachmann 3, which is continuing to break apart on its periodic journey around the sun - NASA/JPL |
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Hubble Finds That Earth Is Safe From One Class Of Gamma-ray Burst |
| Homeowners may have to worry about floods, hurricanes, and tornadoes destroying their homes, but at least they can remove long-duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) from their list
of potential natural disasters, according to recent findings by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope - Space Telescope Science Institute |
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Space Station Loses Orbit-Boosting Options |
| Engine failures and control system problems have rendered the International Space Station less able to dodge fast-flying space debris - New Scientist |
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Mars Rovers Hunker Down for Winter |
| The longevity of NASA's Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, is becoming the stuff of legend. The aging Spirit and Opportunity rovers ready themselves for the bitter cold - Sky and Telescope |
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How Neptune Snagged A Passing Moon |
| It seems Triton was flying through space with a companion when the pair happened to pass Neptune, which parted them forever - New Scientist |
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SDSS Finds New Milky Way Satellites |
| While mapping streams of stars coursing through the Milky Way's halo, astronomers at Cambridge University in England discovered two new, faint satellite galaxies orbiting our own - Astronomy |
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XMM-Newton Reveals The Origin Of Elements In Galaxy Clusters |
| Deep observations of two X-ray bright clusters of galaxies with ESA’s XMM-Newton satellite allowed a group of international astronomers to measure their chemical composition with an unprecedented accuracy - ESA |
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A Multiplicity Of Stars |
| The number of planets detected outside our solar system increases almost weekly. Astronomers have found 188 extrasolar planets — planets orbiting stars other than the Sun - Astronomy |
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When Is A Black Hole Like A Dripping Faucet? |
| Physicists trying to understand how black holes behave in the extra dimensions posited by string theory should hit the kitchen - New Scientist |
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Long Range Solar Forecast |
| The Sun's Great Conveyor Belt has slowed to a record-low crawl, which has important implications for future solar activity: Solar Cycle 25 peaking in 2022 could be one of the
weakest in centuries - Science @ NASA |
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