Unusual Fast-Moving 'Ripples' Discovered in Planetary Debris Disk Surrounding Nearby Star

By Paul Scott Anderson, on October 9th, 2015

Hubble and VLT images of the “ripples” within the debris disk surrounding the young star AU Microscopii. Image Credit: ESO/NASA/ESA

Planetary debris disks, or protoplanetary disks, are some of the most interesting phenomena in astronomy – these giant clouds of dust and gas surrounding young stars are the birthplaces of new planets. Now, […]

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Curiosity Finds First Evidence For Possible 'Continental Crust' on Mars

By Paul Scott Anderson, on July 15th, 2015

View of an igneous clast named Harrison, which is embedded in a conglomerate rock in Gale crater, and features elongated light-toned feldspar crystals. This mosaic is a combination of an image from Mastcam with higher-resolution images from ChemCam’s Remote Micro-Imager. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANL/IRAP/U. Nantes/IAS/MSSS

The Curiosity rover, still roaming in Gale crater, has […]

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Raytheon's US Student Rocketry Team Wins International Rocketry Challenge and Encourages Youth in STEM

By Talia Landman, on June 30th, 2015

Team from left to right [front row] Mark Keaton (coach): Chelsea Suddith, Katie Burns, Cady Studdard. Back row: Tracy Burns (mentor), Evan Swinney, Andrew Heath, Niles Butts, Cristian Ruiz, Joseph Cole (coach). Image Credit: Raytheon

Team America took home the gold after winning first place in the International Rocketry Challenge at the 2015 Paris […]

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Orbiting Rainbows: Using 'Glitter Clouds' to Search For and Image Exoplanets

By Paul Scott Anderson, on April 18th, 2015

The search for exoplanets may one day get a lot more glittery. It sounds a bit like science fiction, but a new NASA proposal called Orbiting Rainbows would use glitter-like materials to help image some of those far-away worlds, which could enable high-resolution imaging at a fraction of the cost.

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