Space News: Page 17

Dung Beetles Use Milky Way to Keep Their Dung Balls Rolling on a Straight Path (January 24, 2013): A report, published online in Current Biology, reveals that dung beetles can use the Milky Way for navigation.

Betelgeuse Star Expected to Crash Into Linear Bar of Material in 5,000 Years (January 22, 2013): The outermost arc of the star Betelgeuse is expected to begin crashing into a linear bar of material in about 5,000 years.

Deep Space Industries Unveils Plans to Examine and Mine Asteroids (January 22, 2013): Deep Space Industries has unveiled plans to examine and mine asteroids to harvest raw materials. Here are some highlights of the company's plans.

Huge-LQG: Astronomers Find Largest Structure in the Universe (January 19, 2013): A team of astronomers, led by Dr Roger Clowes and colleagues from the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan), have reported finding the largest known structure in the universe.

ESA Shares Images of Reull Vallis, a River-like Structure on Mars (January 18, 2013): The European Space Agency has shared new images of the Reull Vallis, a river-like structure on Mars.

New Research Indicates Supermassive Black Holes Grow Faster Than Previously Thought (January 16, 2013): Astronomers from Swinburne University of Technology have discovered that supermassive black holes are growing much faster than previously thought.

NASA Says Asteroid Apophis Won't Impact Earth in 2036 (January 12, 2013): NASA scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced that they have ruled out the possibility the asteroid Apophis will impact Earth during a close flyby in 2036.

NASA Space Telescopes Reveal Stormy Atmosphere of Brown Dwarf (January 12, 2013): NASA's Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes have revealed weather patterns on a brown dwarf named 2MASSJ22282889-431026.

NASA Releases Video Footage of GRAIL's Final Moon Shots (January 11, 2013): NASA activated the camera about one of its GRAIL twins to take some final photographs before the satellites were intentionally crashed into a mountain on the moon last month.

Astronomers Spot Most Distant Supernova Found Yet (January 10, 2013): Astronomers have discovered the most distant supernova found so far.

NASA's Hubble Reveals Fomalhaut B's Lengthy 2,000 Year Orbit Around Its Star (January 9, 2013): The Hubble Space Telescope took the false-color composite image above, which reveals the orbital motion of the planet Fomalhaut b.

Astronomers Say 1 in 6 Stars Has an Earth-Sized Planet (January 7, 2013): Astronomers analyzing Kepler data have determined that about 17% of stars have an Earth-sized planet in an orbit closer than Mercury.

Near-Earth Asteroid 2012 DA14 to Travel Between Earth and Satellites on February 15 (January 4, 2013): Wolf Blitzer and CNN meteorologist Chad Myers discuss Near-Earth asteroid 2012 DA14 in this video.

Astronomers Using ALMA Observe How Young Stars and Planets Grow (January 3, 2013): Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) telescope have observed the growth of a young star and its planets.

NASA's Cassini Spacecraft Captures Backlit View of Saturn (December 22, 2012): NASA's Cassini spacecraft shared this stunning new image of Saturn.

Hubble Shares Image of IC 2233, the Needle Galaxy (December 22, 2012): Astronauts working on the Hubble have shared this image of IC 2233, which is also known as the Needle galaxy.

NASA and Hubble Share Seasons Greetings (December 21, 2012): For the holidays, astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope photographed a festive-looking planetary nebula called NGC 5189.

NASA Crashes Twin GRAIL Spacecraft Into Moon. Impact Site Named After Dr. Sally Ride (December 17, 2012): NASA has crashed its twin GRAIL spacecraft, Ebb and Flow, into a mountain on the moon.

NASA Scientists Star in Gangnam Style Parody (December 16, 2012): There have been a lot of parodies of the hit song "Gangnam Style" by South Korean rapper Psy, but there hasn't been one like this.

Cassini Spots 200 Mile Long Methane River on Saturn's Moon Titan (December 13, 2012): Scientists with NASA's Cassini mission have spotted a river on Saturn's moon Titan that is over 200 miles long.

NASA Releases Why the World Didn't End Yesterday Video Early (December 13, 2012): NASA is so confident that the world won't end on December 21, 2012 that they have released their Why the World Didn't End Yesterday 12-22-12 video early.

Black Holes, Black Branes and Blackfolds (December 11, 2012): Researchers have come up with new theories they say explain some of the properties of black holes.

Nefertiti, the Spidernaut, Spent 100 Days in Space (December 10, 2012): A jumping spider named Nefertiti spent 100 days on the International Space Station.

NASA Shares Stunning New Images of the Earth at Night (December 6, 2012): NASA has released new images of the Earth at night.

NASA Voyager 1 Encounters New Region in Deep Space (December 3, 2012): NASA announced today that its Voyager 1 spacecraft has encountered a new region in deep space.