Space News: Page 19

NASA Creates Supercomputer Simulation of Merging Black Holes (September 30, 2012): NASA created this simulation that shows the merger of two black holes.

ESO's La Silla Observatory in Chile Takes New Image of the Pencil Nebula (September 29, 2012): ESO's La Silla Observatory in Chile has taken a colorful new image of the Pencil Nebula.

Father Sends Son's Favorite Toy Train Into Space (September 29, 2012): Ron Fugelseth sent his son's favorite toy train, Stanley, into space.

NASA's Curiosity Rover Finds Remnants of Ancient Streambed on Mars (September 27, 2012): NASA's Curiosity rover has found remnants of an ancient streambed on Mars.

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is Acquiring 3-D Images of the Moon (September 25, 2012): NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is acquiring 3-D images of the moon.

Hubble Assembles Farthest Ever View of the Universe Called eXtreme Deep Field (September 25, 2012): Hubble has assembled the farthest ever view of the Universe.

There is an Enormous Halo of Hot Gas Surrounding Our Galaxy (September 24, 2012): Astronomers using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have found evidence our Milky Way Galaxy is embedded in an enormous halo of hot gas.

Curiosity Rover to Examine Football-Sized Rock (September 19, 2012): NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has selected a football-sized rock to examine with its arm-mounted Alpha Particle X-Ray Spectrometer and its mast-mounted, laser-zapping Chemistry and Camera Instrument.

First Images Recorded by Dark Energy Camera Released (September 17, 2012): The first images recorded by the Dark Energy Camera have been released.

Opportunity Rover Finds More Little Martian Spheres (September 17, 2012): Mars Opportunity rover took a photograph of little Martian spheres.

Curiosity Rover Takes Self Portrait (September 10, 2012): NASA's Curiosity rover snapped this photograph of itself on Mars.

NASA's SDO Captures Massive Filament Eruption on Sun (September 5, 2012): NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) captured a wicked looking filament eruption on the Sun.

Potential Habitable Exoplanet Discovered Orbiting Gliese 163, a Red Dwarf About 50 Light Years Away (September 2, 2012): The Planetary Habitability Laboratory (PHL) at the University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo has announced the discovery of a potential habitable exoplanet orbiting Gliese 163, a red dwarf star 50 light years away from Earth.

NASA's WISE Survey Reveals Millions of Black Holes and About 1,000 Hot DOGs (August 31, 2012): A NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission has led to the discovery of millions of black holes.

Astronomers Discover Planetary System Orbiting Two Suns (August 29, 2012): Astronomers using NASA's Kepler space telescope have discovered a planetary system orbiting two suns.

Curiosity Rover Shares New Images of Mount Sharp (August 28, 2012): NASA's Curiosity rover has returned impressive new images of Mount Sharp, its future science destination, taken by its Mast Camera.

Astronaut Neil Armstrong, First Man on the Moon, Dies at 82 (August 25, 2012): NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong has died at age 82.

Video Shows Curiosity's Mars Descent in High-Res (August 24, 2012): NASA's JPL has released this video which was created using high-resolution frames acquired by the Mars Descent Imager between the jettison of the heat shield and Curiosity's touchdown.

The James Webb Space Telescope's Golden Spider (August 23, 2012): NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center shared this photograph today of an object that looks like a massive golden spider intermixed with wires and cables.

Astronomers Find Evidence of Planet Being Destroyed by Its Aging Star (August 21, 2012): A team of international astronomers have reported the first evidence of a planet being destroyed by its aging star.

Image of First Laser-Zapped Rock by Curiosity Released (August 19, 2012): Curiosity has already zapped its first rock on Mars with its laser.

Phoenix Cluster Sets Record Pace for Creating Stars (August 18, 2012): Astronomers have found an extraordinary galaxy cluster that is creating stars at an amazing rate.

NASA's SDO Spots Half Million Mile Long Whip-like Solar Filament on Sun's Surface (August 16, 2012): NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) recently captured footage of a whip-like solar filament extending over half a million miles in a long arc above the sun's surface.

Hubble Spies Star Clusters on a Collision Course (August 16, 2012): Astronomers using data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have caught two clusters full of massive stars that may be in the early stages of merging.

U.S. Military Tests Hypersonic X-51 Waverider (August 14, 2012): The U.