NASA discover Earth’s twin 1,400 light-years away
The Kepler mission has found the first near-Earth-size planet – called Kepler-452b – in the “habitable zone” around a G2…
Could solar flares be triggering birth defects?
It’s known that airplane crews at high altitude are exposed to potentially harmful levels of radiation from cosmic rays, but…
Search of 100,000 galaxies for advanced civilizations yields no obvious candidates
Using data from NASA’s WISE orbiting observatory, a team of scientists say they have found no evidence of the mid-infrared…
Stunning photos of comet 67P at the end of Rosetta’s decade-long journey
After a 10 year journey, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Rosetta spacecraft has rendezvoused with the 2.5 mile-wide comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko…
UV light can be addictive, say scientists
Why do people still spend extended periods in the sun when the dangers of skin cancer are so well recognized?…
Newly discovered neighboring star as cold as the North Pole
Discovered using NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) and Spitzer Space Telescopes, a brown dwarf star only 7.2 light years…
Work by celestial archaeologists hints at Earth’s ultimate fate
For decades, astronomers have known that the atmospheres surrounding stars are often “polluted” with elements like carbon, silicon, and iron.…
First pics from Chinese Moon rover Yutu
The Chinese lunar probe Chang’e-3 has successfully touched down on the Moon in the Sinus Iridum crater (also known as…
Curiosity rover finally demystifies radiation hazards on Mars
A manned mission to Mars doesn’t just depend on overcoming technological hurdles. With no magnetic field and only a thin…