Space News: Page 24

Star Explodes and Turns Inside-Out in Supernova Explosion (April 1, 2012): A new X-ray study of the remains of an exploded star indicates that the supernova that disrupted the massive star may have turned it inside out in the process.

Hubble Spies UFO Shaped Spiral Galaxy (March 31, 2012): The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope spotted this spiral galaxy, which is seen almost edge-on, giving it the shape of a classic science fiction spaceship.

NASA Video: Getting to Know the Goldilocks Planet (March 30, 2012): NASA says its Kepler spacecraft is discovering a veritable avalanche of alien worlds.

Astronomers Discover Ancient Planets From the Early Universe (March 29, 2012): European astronomers have discovered an ancient planetary system they think is likely to be a survivor from one of the earliest cosmic eras, 13 billion years ago.

Jeff Bezos Finds Apollo 11 Engines on Bottom of Sea Floor, Plans to Raise Them Up (March 29, 2012): Amazon.

Tens of Billions of Planets in Habitable Zones Around Red Dwarfs in the Milky Way (March 28, 2012): Astronomers estimate that there are tens of billions of rocky planets located in habitable zones around red dwarfs in our galaxy alone.

NASA Launches Five Rockets for ATREX Mission Studying Jet Stream (March 27, 2012): NASA successfully launched five suborbital sounding rockets early this morning from its Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

NASA's Grail MoonKam Returns First Student-Selected Moon Images (March 24, 2012): NASA's Ebb spacecraft has returned the first images selected by students.

Mountaintop Blasting Begins for Giant Magellan Telescope (March 24, 2012): Blasting of 3 million cubic feet of rock from a mountaintop in the Chilean Andes has begun to make room for the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT), which will be the world's largest telescope when it will be completed.

NASA's Dawn Spacecraft Spies New Surface Features on Giant Asteroid Vesta (March 23, 2012): NASA's Dawn spacecraft has revealed some unexpected details on the surface of Vesta, a huge asteroid Dawn is tracking, which is located in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

Geologists Discover New Type of Landform on Mars Called PBRs (March 22, 2012): University of Washington geologists have discovered a new class of landform on Mars.

Runaway Planets Travel at Speeds up to 30 Million Miles Per Hour (March 22, 2012): Astronomers found a runaway star leaving our galaxy at a speed of 1.

Astronomers Discover Rectangular Shaped Galaxy (March 21, 2012): Astronomers have discovered a rare rectangular shaped galaxy that resembles an emerald cut diamond.

Galaxy IC 342: A Spider Web of Stars (March 21, 2012): NASA released this gorgeous image of Galaxy IC 342, which resembles a spider's web swirled into a spiral.

Insect-like SpaceClimber Robot Designed to Climb Steep Uneven Terrain (March 19, 2012): German researchers at the DFKI Bremen Robotics Innovation Center have built an insect-like robot (SpaceClimber) that excels at climbing steep uneven terrain.

First Complete Geological Map of Jupiter's Moon Io Produced (March 19, 2012): A team of scientists - led by Arizona State University (ASU) - has produced the first complete global geologic map of Jupiter's moon.

NASA Releases Moon Video Showing Evolution of the Moon (March 14, 2012): In honor of 1,000 days in orbit, the NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) team at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt Md.

Prolonged Space Travel Linked to Brain and Eye Abnormalities (March 14, 2012): Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the eyes and brains of 27 astronauts who spent prolonged periods of time in space revealed optical abnormalities.

Dextre Robot to Use Wire Cutter Tool on NASA's Robotic Refueling Mission (March 8, 2012): NASA's Robotic Refueling Mission (RRM) began operations on the International Space Station with the Canadian Dextre robot on March 7.

Photo: The Serpent Dust Devil of Mars (March 7, 2012): The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured this image of a huge dust devil on Mars.

Near Earth Object Discussed at UN Meeting Has 1 in 625 Chance of Hitting Earth in 2040 (February 27, 2012): Space.

Researchers Say Milky Way Swarming With Nomad Planets (February 26, 2012): Numerous nomad planets are wandering around the Milky Way say researchers from the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC), a joint institute of Stanford University and the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.

New Type of Planet Discovered: Waterworld (February 21, 2012): A new type of planet has been discovered with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.

Video: Solar Dynamics Observatory Captures Earth-sized Tornado on the Sun (February 18, 2012): NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) captured a solar tornado.

Video: The Scale of the Universe 2 (February 13, 2012): Here is an interesting video showing the size of things in the universe from quantum foam (0.