Space News
Saturn Moon Titan's Underground Ocean May Be Super Salty
SPACE.com - 5 Jul 2014 15:37
The subsurface ocean inside Saturn's largest moon, Titan, could be as salty as any body of water here on Earth, a new study reports. Data collected by NASA's Cassini mission suggests Titan's ocean is as salty as the Dead...
A Protostar's Age Gleaned Only From Sound Waves
Universe Today - 5 Jul 2014 19:53
Precisely dating a star can have important consequences for understanding stellar evolution and any circling exoplanets. But it's one of the toughest plights in astronomy with only a few existing techniques. One method i...
Solved! Puzzling Signals Thought Originating from Habitable-Zone Planets
The Daily Galaxy - 5 Jul 2014 19:13
Mysteries about controversial signals coming from a dwarf star considered to be a prime target in the search for extraterrestrial life now have been solved in research led by scientists at Penn State University. Some of ...
Best Night Sky Photos of the Week: July 5, 2014
SPACE.com - 5 Jul 2014 18:21
From the half-lit moon and mars to Jupiter's farewell, don't miss these amazing objects to watch in the night sky.
Rare and Beautiful Noctilucent Clouds Wow Over Holland - Gallery
Universe Today - 5 Jul 2014 16:27
A trio of talented Dutch astrophotographers have captured a series of magnificent views of the rare and beautiful phenomena known as Noctilucent Clouds, or NLCs, during a spectacular outburst on the night of July 3, 2014...
Putin Their Money Where Their Mouth Is
Bad Astronomy - 5 Jul 2014 13:30
I may be known for standing up in public and telling people Don't Be A Dick... but sometimes you have to tell people when they're being one. As you can imagine, folks in Ukraine aren't terribly happy with Russia, especia...