Antennae Galaxies

Space voyaging rock reveals insight into detecting life on other planets Oct 02, 2008 Photo courtesy R. Demets/F. Brandstatter - Spacecraft after landing in Kazakhstan after the experiment. Samples, including Orkney sample, are screwed onto the outside.

A Star That Bursts, Blinks and Disappears Sep 30, 2008 This illustration shows a flare from magnetar Swift J195509+261406. A starquake is probably what triggered the object's 40 optical flares. Credit: NASA/Swift/Sonoma State University/A. Simonnet

Hubble Snaps Close-up Views of Diverse Galaxies Sep 30, 2008 These images taken with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope are close-up views of four galaxies from a large survey of nearby galaxies. The galaxies have very different masses and sizes and showcase the diversity of galaxies found ...

Oldest Known Rock on Earth Discovered Sep 26, 2008 Bedrock along the northeast coast of Hudson Bay, Canada, has the oldest rock on Earth. Credit: Jonathan O'Neil

Astronomers discover dusty remains of two terrestrial planets Sep 24, 2008 An artist's rendering depicts planets colliding in a sun-like binary system about 300 light-years from Earth, in the constellation Aries. Artwork by Lynette R. Cook.