Google has struck a partnership with scientists building a huge sky-scanning telescope, with hopes of helping the public access digital footage of asteroids, supernovas and distant galaxies.
The Swift Space Laboratory -- a joint project between NASA, Britain, and Italy -- is the first satellite dedicated to probing the mysteries of gamma ray bursts.
Scientists have long been stumped about the origins of high-energy cosmic rays. They hope a new observatory will substantiate one of several theories on how the rays came into being, and shed light on the origins of the universe.
A look at the scientific and economic case for establishing a permanent outpost on the moon.
The National Academy of Sciences has released its decadal survey of of astronomy and has recommended an audacious successor to the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope that would be 100 to 600 times as sensitive, and two to three times as large.