Universe(al) black out?

Computer models mapping the future course of the universe predict its demise; later than sooner!

Mars' water connection

Channels and valleys observed on the Martian surface and meteorites of Martian origin indicate that once there might have been water on the planet

Manipulating reality

The concept of Virtual Reality -- simulating the real world -- is adding a new dimension to entertainment and education.

Moon keeps Earth's tilt in check

Scientists say the Moon exerts a moderating influence on variations in the Earth's obliquity or tilt and this has a direct effect on our climate.

Stars of wonder

Stargazers feast their ey'es on what could be the event of the century - star births - as the Hubble photographs the phenomenon

New light on black holes

Researchers almost catch a glimpse of the ravenous vortexes in the Universe which don't even let light escape their gravitational grip

Cometary commune edged out

Observations support the hypothesis that thousands of comets are present in a belt on the periphery of our Solar System

200 years of groping in the dark

...and latest findings have 2 groups of mutually hostile astronomers still going cockeyed trying to gauge the age of the universe

Now, it is Jupiter's turn

Yet another discovery in a series of unfolding spatial dramas propels Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, into spotlight

What's new about neutron stars

Astronomers on the lookout claim to be finally on target with their observation of what appears to be an old isolated neutron star. This …

Splash!

It was huge. And it was heading straight for Earth. Astronomers said the end was here. Frantic revisions of their calculations later showed that …

Still elusive

Two varying estimates of the Hubble constant mean that we are no closer to establishing the age of the universe

12 billion years...

...is the age of the universe. And calculations based on data from the Hubble space telescope have established the elusive Hubble constant

Distance between Earth and Sun

Measure it yourself during transit of Venus this year

Tribute to a star

Andromeda's starlight

No Armageddon, this

The meteor "shower" was but a mild drizzle, and it took place 16 hours too early

Bang, but not as big

Moon lacked a magnetic field for nearly all its history — new research resolves mystery sparked by rocks brought back on Apollo

Resolving the mystery of a seemingly magnetic Moon

In honour of Galileo

Exhibition>> Astronomy • Italy

Primordial ripples confirm Big Bang

Making a standby sun

Physicists say it's theoretically possible to make a sun in the laboratory.

Earth"s second cousin

Death of a star

Portrait of a galaxy