'Alien Megastructure' Star Is at It Again with the Strange Dimming By Calla Cofield published 22 May 17
Newfound Alien Planet Is Best Place Yet to Search for Life By Calla Cofield published 19 April 17 A newly discovered exoplanet may jump to the top of the list of places where scientists should go looking for alien life.
'Women of NASA' Lego Set: Q&A with Creator Maia Weinstock By Calla Cofield published 4 March 17 Science writer Maia Weinstock, the creator of the recently announced Women of NASA Lego set, talked with Space.com.
New Jupiter Images: Do You See Cotton Candy or Van Gogh's 'Starry Night'? By Calla Cofield published 3 March 17
SpaceX to Fly Passengers On Private Trip Around the Moon in 2018 By Calla Cofield published 28 February 17 SpaceX, the private spaceflight company founded by billionaire Elon Musk, will launch two paying customers on a week-long trip around the moon and back to Earth in 2018.
Brilliant Fireball Streaks Over Milwaukee, Wows Skywatchers (Videos) By Calla Cofield published 6 February 17 A brilliant, bright-green meteor blazed through the sky just north of Milwaukee early this morning (Feb. 6), and likely sprinkled space rocks into Lake Michigan.
Cosmic Neutrino Detector Reveals Clues About 'Ghost' Particles By Calla Cofield published 31 January 17
New Method Could Aid Search for Life on Alien Worlds By Calla Cofield published 7 January 17 A newly proposed technique could make it possible to search for life on alien planets, like Proxima b, much sooner than scientists had expected.
Mysterious Burst of Radio Waves Traced to Tiny Galaxy By Calla Cofield published 4 January 17 Incredibly intense, blindingly bright bursts of radio waves known as FRBs are a cosmic mystery, but for the first time, astronomers have traced one of these events back to its home galaxy.
Space Junk Solution? Japan Would Use a Tether to Nab Debris & Destroy It By Calla Cofield published 19 December 16 A new technology that would use a roughly half-mile-long tether to grab large pieces of space debris and dispose of them is being tested in space.
1st Evidence of Strange Quantum Effect Possibly Seen in Empty Space By Calla Cofield published 30 November 16 A strange quantum phenomenon predicted more than 80 years ago may have finally been observed in nature, thanks to a neutron star.
'14 Minutes from Earth' Highlights Perils of Death-Defying Skydive By Calla Cofield published 16 November 16 A new documentary chronicles the years-long journey of former Google executive Alan Eustace to complete the highest-altitude skydive in history.
Solar Storm Lit Up Parts of Northern US with Auroras By Calla Cofield published 27 October 16 A moderate geomagnetic storm in Earth's magnetic field likely created some luminous auroras in the northern United States last night (Oct. 25).
New Dwarf Planet Found in Our Solar System By Calla Cofield published 11 October 16 A new face has been added to the solar system's family portrait: Scientists have discovered a new dwarf planet looping around the sun in the region beyond Pluto.
The Universe Is Directionless, Study Finds By Calla Cofield published 27 September 16 The universe, it turns out, appears the same in every direction. A new study looking at the large-scale structure of the cosmos upheld a long-standing assumption and found no sign of directionality.
Mock Mars Explorers Emerge from Habitat to End Year of Isolation in Hawaii By Calla Cofield published 29 August 16 A crew of six "astronauts" returned to Earth Sunday (Aug. 28), after a year-long mock mission to Mars.
Still No Sign of 'Sterile Neutrino' Particle, Candidate for Dark Matter By Calla Cofield published 8 August 16
U-F-NO! NASA Shoots Down Speculation Over Space Station Video By Calla Cofield published 14 July 16 NASA shot down an internet rumor that a live camera on the International Space Station was intentionally turned off after the video feed showed a small, bright object just above Earth.
Spectacular Aurora Seen Over Jupiter By Calla Cofield published 1 July 16 Bright blue auroras at Jupiter's north and south poles are putting on a veritable fireworks show just before the July 4 arrival of the Juno probe.
Gravitational Wave Detector Finds Double Colliding Black Holes — Again (Woot!) By Calla Cofield published 15 June 16 Distortions in the fabric of space-time, predicted by Albert Einstein a century ago, have been directly detected for the second time.
See the Sharpest-Ever View of Mercury's Transit Across the Sun By Calla Cofield published 14 May 16 A new video shows the highest- spatial- resolution view of Mercury migrating across the surface of the sun. The images were captured by the New Solar Telescope in California, on May 9.
Are We Alone? Scientists Discuss the Search for Life and Odds of E.T. By Calla Cofield published 13 May 16 What are the odds that life exists elsewhere in the universe? A scientist and a historian talked recently about updating that estimation, at a major physics meeting.
Mercury Finishes Its Run Across the Sun By Calla Cofield published 9 May 16 The 2016 transit of Mercury has come to a close. The solar system's smallest planet took about 7.5 hours to pass across the disk of the sun, and was seen by sky watchers all over the globe.
The Mercury Transit: How to See the Rare Event Online Today By Calla Cofield published 9 May 16 Today (May 9), Mercury will pass across the face of the sun. Here's how to watch the event online, and hear scientists and other experts talk about this rare celestial happening.
Elon Musk Will Launch Private Missions to Mars as Early as 2018 By Calla Cofield published 28 April 16 SpaceX aims to launch a private mission to Mars as early as 2018 using its Dragon spacecraft. The announcement, unveiled Wednesday April 27, puts a target on the Red Planet.
