final frontier

Astronomers have gotten a rare glimpse of two distant and ancient galaxies merging. The galaxies, called HXMM01, are about 11

Excitement has been growing in recent months over the approach of Comet ISON.  Like other comets, this chunk of rock

The Sun has emitted four giant, X-class flares over the past few days, the most recent coming May 14. X-class

Amateur and professional skywatchers all over the world send observations to the Minor Planet Center, which collects information about near-Earth objects.

Scientists have gotten their first close-up view of a monster hurricane swirling around Saturn’s north pole. The storm, photographed by

Scientists have announced the discovery of three planets, in two planetary systems, that are in or on the edge of

Scientists from the European and U.S. space agencies say ESA’s Planck space telescope has yielded the most detailed map ever

Scientists at the world’s largest atom collider say the subatomic particle discovered last year is indeed the Higgs boson that

The European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN), the world’s largest particle physics laboratory, said on March 14 that the particle