The puzzle as to why the solar corona is hotter than the Sun's photosphere has kept solar physicists busy since the mid-twentieth century, but with the help of modern observatories and advanced theoretical models, we now have a pretty good idea what is causing this. » Details
A fanciful vision of a lunar traffic jam won the first annual NASA Lunar Art Contest sponsored by NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va. » Details
Scientists from more than a half-dozen countries are nearly finished shipping parts for six international instruments destined to fly to the moon aboard India's Chandrayaan 1 lunar orbiter later this summer. » Details
A British astronomer has discovered a strange spinning object. The fact that it is spinning in itself is not strange, but the speed it is doing so has raised some eyebrows. » Details
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