Space Exploration – Scientific American

Space

Dips in starlight reveal the architecture of a super Saturn around a distant star

January 1, 2016 Lee Billings

Space

"Monkey King" is first in a line of Chinese space missions focused on scientific discovery

December 17, 2015 Elizabeth Gibney, Celeste Biever and Davide Castelvecchi

The Sciences

Two controversial new studies suggestthe discovery of large objects at the outer reaches of the solar system

December 10, 2015 Lee Billings

Space

Astronauts already skip ahead in time, but the laws of physics seem to forbid going backwardor do they?

December 10, 2015 Tim Folger

The Sciences

New findings reveal a craters vaporous hazes, and hint at the dwarf planets possible origin in the outer solar system

December 9, 2015 Lee Billings

The Sciences

A new breed of giants raises questions about how the biggest galaxies arise

December 8, 2015 Ken Croswell

The Sciences

New study explores how life on one exoplanet could spread to its neighbor

December 7, 2015 David Rothery and The Conversation

The Sciences

Five years after a failed insertion into planet's orbit, Akatsuki tries again

December 4, 2015 Alexandra Witze and Nature magazine

The Sciences

A newly passed bill sets the stage for the future of the private spaceflight industry, and could have big implications for asteroid mining

December 4, 2015 Jennifer Hackett

The Sciences

Decision throws construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope into question

December 3, 2015 Alexandra Witze and Nature magazine

Space

November 24, 2015 W. Wayt Gibbs

Space

A dozen quasars in the early universe appear to have shut down in just a few years, baffling astronomers

November 23, 2015 Shannon Hall

Space

Findings from NASAs Cassini spacecraft suggests winter in Titan's southern hemisphere will be even colder than predicted

November 20, 2015 Nola Taylor Redd and SPACE.com

Space

Scientists photograph a gas-giant exoplanet forming around a young star that lies about 450 light-years from Earth

November 19, 2015 Mike Wall and SPACE.com

Space

What we know about alien worldsand whats coming next

November 18, 2015 Alexandra Witze and Nature magazine

Space

The next-generation, gigantic land-based telescopes are under construction, and they utterly dwarf their predecessors

November 17, 2015

The Sciences

The recently discovered small galaxy Leo P contains only about a hundred-thousandth as many stars as the Milky Way, but it's bucking the small galaxy trend by continuing to make new ones

November 15, 2015 Ken Croswell and Steve Mirsky

Space

Planetary Society co-founder Louis Friedman argues the Red Planet will be humanitys final destination, but our robots could reach the stars

November 13, 2015 Louis Friedman

The Sciences

Rocky world found orbiting nearby red dwarf star, 39 light-years from Earth

November 12, 2015 Calla Cofield and SPACE.com

The Sciences

More than a hundred times as distant from the sun as Earth is, the object could be a pristine remnant from the primordial solar system

November 10, 2015 Alexandra Witze and Nature magazine

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