Space : Science World Report

Apr 26, 2012 08:59 AM EDT

Under â€˜Dark Haloâ€™ Old Galaxies Have Many More Stars

Some of the oldest galaxies in the Universe have three times more stellar mass, and so many more stars, than all current models of galaxy evolution predict.

Apr 25, 2012 03:44 PM EDT

Tiny 'Spherules' Reveal Details about Earth's Asteroid Impacts

Researchers are learning details about asteroid impacts going back to the Earth's early history by using a new method for extracting precise information from tiny "spherules" embedded in layers of rock.

Apr 25, 2012 10:09 AM EDT

NASA's Webb Telescope Flight Backplane Section Completed

The center section of the backplane structure that will fly on NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has been completed, marking an important milestone in the telescope's hardware development. The backplane will support the telescope's beryllium mirrors, instruments, thermal control systems and other ha...

Apr 25, 2012 08:00 AM EDT

International Team Installs First of 3 Telescopes in Antarctica

A team of scientists representing several international institutions, including Texas A&M University, has succeeded in installing the first of three Antarctic Survey Telescopes (AST3-1) at the Chinese Kunlun Station at Dome Argus, the highest point of the Antarctic Plateau.

Apr 25, 2012 06:54 AM EDT

NASA Research Estimates How Long Titan's Chemical Factory Has Been in Business

Saturn's giant moon Titan hides within a thick, smoggy atmosphere that's well-known to scientists as one of the most complex chemical environments in the solar system. It's a productive "factory" cranking out hydrocarbons that rain down on Titan's icy surface, cloaking it in soot and, with a brutall...

Apr 25, 2012 06:09 AM EDT

A Cluster Within a Cluster

The star cluster NGC 6604 is shown in this new image taken by the Wide Field Imager attached to the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile. It is often overlooked in favour of its more prominent neighbour, the Eagle Nebula (also known as Messier 16), that lies a mere wingsp...

Apr 24, 2012 04:20 PM EDT

NASA's WISE Mission Sees Skies Ablaze With Blazars

Astronomers are actively hunting a class of supermassive black holes throughout the universe called blazars, thanks to data collected by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE). The mission has revealed more than 200 blazars and has the potential to find thousands more.

Apr 24, 2012 10:26 AM EDT

Cassini Sees New Objects Blazing Trails in Saturn Ring

Queen Mary scientists working with images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft have discovered strange half-mile-sized objects punching through parts of Saturn's F ring, leaving glittering trails behind them.

Apr 24, 2012 09:32 AM EDT

Hubble's Panoramic View of a Turbulent Star-making Region

Several million stars are vying for attention in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of a raucous stellar breeding ground in 30 Doradus, located in the heart of the Tarantula nebula.

Apr 24, 2012 06:36 AM EDT

Latest CryoSat Result about Artic Ice Revealed

After nearly a year and a half of operations, CryoSat has yielded its first seasonal variation map of Arctic sea-ice thickness. Results from ESA's ice mission were presented today at the Royal Society in London.

Apr 24, 2012 05:58 AM EDT

SpaceX Delays Its Trip to Space Station

Space Exploration Technologies, a privately held firm founded and run by entrepreneur Elon Musk, is delaying its trial cargo run to the International Space Station, Musk announced Monday.

Apr 24, 2012 05:39 AM EDT

Tech Billionaires Bankroll Gold Rush to Mine Asteroids

Google Inc executives Larry Page and Eric Schmidt and filmmaker James Cameron are among those bankrolling a venture to survey and eventually extract precious metals and rare minerals from asteroids that orbit near Earth, the company said on Tuesday.