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This nebula with a giant star at its center

th stars had identical rings of the same size and age, which were travelling at similar speeds; both were located in similar HII regions; and they had the same brightness

no one can predict when a star will go supernova,

2014 should be the year that Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo (SS2) brings passengers on suborbital space flights

the company started off the year by successfully completing its third rocket-powered supersonic flight

after dozens of successful subsonic test flights

Yutu woke up

Saturday, Jan. 11, at 5:09 a.m. Beijing local time

Chang’e-3 lander was awoken on Sunday, Jan. 12, at 8:21 a.m. Beijing local time, according to a BACC statement

Seth MacFarlane, creator of "Family Guy"

is bringing

"Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey," a 13-part series that will debut March 9 on Fox. It will also air on the National Geographic Channel.

Spacecrafts dock

In 1969, the first docking of two manned spacecraft took place between the Soviet Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5.

In 1929, Edwin Hubble communicated the now classic paper that first showed the universe was expanding (and later provided observational evidence for the Big Bang theory).

Expanding universe

One of the fastest spacecraft ever built—NASA's New Horizons—

at nearly one million miles per day

The encounter begins next January

Researchers say that the drug Candesartan may be prescribed for those who get no relief from propranolol.

researchers

have found that the drug Candesartan is as effective in combating migraines as the commonly prescribed drug propranolol for the malady.

NASA invited the public to submit their names that will be engraved on a microchip aboard a spacecraft that will head to the 1,760-foot-wide asteroid.

The spacecraft will be sent to the asteroid where it will collect about two ounces of surface material and return with it to Earth in a sample-return capsule in 2023

submit their names online before September 30 at 'Message to Bennu.'

An intriguing recent mystery is a strange rock that suddenly appeared in photos from the Opportunity rover in a spot where photos taken just 12 sols earlier showed no rock

described the rock as “white around the outside, in the middle there’s low spot that is dark red.

haven’t driven over that spot.

Pluto photographed (source)   In 1930, Clyde Tombaugh photographed the planet Pluto, the only planet discovered in the twentieth century, after a systematic search instigated by the predictions of other astronomers. Tombaugh was 24 years old when he made this discovery at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Ariz.

Canadian earthquake   In 1700, an earthquake, the most intense Canada has ever seen, hit the sea floor off the British Columbia coast. Long before Europeans first landed on Vancouver Island, native legend tells of a great disaster. The sea rose in a heaving wave, and landslides buried a sleeping village. Myth was resolved with science in 2003 by government research. Earthquakes of that intensity cause tidal waves, and Japanese written history tells of a massive tsunami striking fishing villages the next day along the coast of Honshu, killing hundreds. Coupled with geological evidence of the level 9 quake, the connection was clear. Mythology and seismology came together to validate history.