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Space Archive
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Experts meet to defend Earth against killer asteroids and comets
Posted on May 7, 2009 | No CommentsWorld experts are assessing methods, including political, legal and policy issues, to protect our planet from impacts by asteroids and comets. -
First ground-based detection of light from transiting exoplanets
Posted on March 7, 2009 | No CommentsTransiting exoplanets are routinely detected when they pass in front of their parent star as viewed from the Earth. -
Why satellites collide
Posted on February 17, 2009 | No CommentsThe number of objects in Earth orbit has increased steadily since 1964, by 200 per year on average. -
Hubble finds stars that go ‘ballistic’
Posted on February 12, 2009 | No CommentsEven some stars go ballistic, racing through interstellar space like bullets and tearing through clouds of gas.