Space, Astronomy and Planetary Science News

New research by scientists at the University of York gives a fresh perspective on the physics of black holes

Solar flares are giant explosions on the sun that send energy, light and high speed particles into space. These flares are often associated with solar magnetic storms known as coronal mass ejections

Observations from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have revealed possible flowing water during the warmest months on Mars

The theory that our universe is contained inside a bubble, and that multiple alternative universes exist inside their own bubbles -- making up the 'multiverse' -- is, for the first time, being tested by physicists.

The mountainous region on the far side of the moon, known as the lunar farside highlands, may be the solid remains of a collision with a smaller companion moon,

The flow of hot gas toward a black hole has been clearly imaged for the first time in X-rays

Analysis of new images of a curious "hot spot" on the far side of the Moon reveal it to be a small volcanic province created by the upwelling of silicic magma

Water really is everywhere. Two teams of astronomers, each led by scientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), have discovered the largest and farthest reservoir of water ever detected in the universe

New research shows that aurorae on distant "hot Jupiters" could be 100-1000 times brighter than Earthly aurorae

New observations from the Herschel Space Observatory show a bizarre, twisted ring of dense gas at the center of our Milky Way galaxy