Latest articles by Bjorn Carey
Researchers have developed a two-person, centrifuge-like, one-stop workout machine that makes its own gravity.
Astronomers have found the first evidence of cracks in a neutron star's crust. The star cracked when it was rocked by the strongest "starquake" ever recorded, researchers said last week.
An ancient near-death star is covered in dust that shouldn't be there.
Hubble gets a new look at the largest known asteroid.
Researchers believe they have identified the main source of the cosmic dust that gets dumped on Earth - meteoroids.
New data improves prediction of timing for when events will occur five days out.
Astronomers are surprised by just how hectic the birth of a black hole is.
SOHO satellite spots 1000th comet, contest winner crowned.
New Cassini data reveals that Saturn’s rings have their own oxygen atmosphere.
Scientists uncover new properties of the mysterious gamma ray bursts.
New insight into conditions that spawn solar storms will help forecasters sound the "all clear" for astronauts during safe periods.
Hubble takes image of a menagerie of galaxies.
Gold shovels on hand, officials broke ground last week for the $35 million Discovery Channel Telescope to be built at the Lowell Observatory in Happy Jack, Arizona.
The names are on a CD in space. But not for long.
With the help of one of the largest telescopes in the world, a group of amateur Canadian star watchers has produced the best ever picture of the remains of a stellar nursery.
In the future, when crewmembers aboard the International Space Station need a helping hand, controllers at Johnson Space Center will be more than happy to oblige.
A host of new images and data reveal new rings, possible moons, and oxygen in the planet's rings.
