Gliese 832 c is the nearest best habitable world candidate so far (PHL @ UPR Arecibo) – An international team of astronomers, led by Robert A. Wittenmyer from UNSW Australia, report the discovery of…

(NASA) – A team of astronomers has used Chandra X-ray Observatory and XMM-Newton to study a large group of galaxy clusters with a surprising result.

(NASA) – Mars Curiosity rover will complete a Martian year — 687 Earth days — on June 24, having accomplished the mission’s main goal of determining whether Mars once offered…

On Sol 32 (Sept. 7, 2012) the Curiosity rover used the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) located on its arm to obtain this self-portrait. The image shows the top of…

(JPL) – This is the first transit of the sun by a planet observed from any planet other than Earth, and also the first imaging of Mercury from Mars. Mercury…

The planets around the nearby red-dwarf Kapteyn’s star are over twice as old as Earth (PHL @ UPR Arecibo) – An international team of astronomers, led by Guillem Anglada-Escude from Queen Mary…

(NASA) – Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have assembled a comprehensive picture of the evolving universe — among the most colorful deep space images ever captured by the 24-year-old…

One Percent of All Exoplanets May Be Suitable for Complex Organisms (PHL @ UPR Arecibo) – The number of planets on which complex life could exist in the Milky Way may…