Video: Watch this space rock crash and flash on the moon's surface
For a brief moment last September, a flash on the moon shone about as bright as the North Star, Polaris, giving away the biggest crash from a space rock hitting the lunar surface ever caught on...
View ArticleK2: Scientists cheer as Kepler's second chance gets NASA go-ahead
It’s official: NASA has given the Kepler spacecraft’s mission makeover the go-ahead, turning it from a pure planet-hunting endeavor to an exploratory venture to study a wide range of celestial objects.
View ArticleHubble sees 'zombie star' lurking in space: What it is, why it matters
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, researchers have spotted a "zombie star" lurking in deep space. What is this astronomical equivalent of the walking dead, and how did it get there?
View ArticleA 'stellar fossil' holds hints of one of the universe's first stars
Astronomers say they’ve discovered the signature of one of the first stars in the universe whose remains were embedded into the body of another very old star.
View ArticleNova
This artist's concept of a nova shows a stream of matter being pulled from the donor star, right, to the compact white dwarf on the left.
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