Mini Mercury Glides Across Sun’s Vast Glare in Rare Transit

MARCIA DUNN / The Associated Press Nov 11, 2019 The next such event for the solar system's smallest, innermost planet isn't until 2032, and North America won't get another shot until 2049. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

3 Win Nobel Prize in Physics for Work to Understand Cosmos

DAVID KEYTON / The Associated Press Oct 8, 2019 Cosmologist James Peeples is credited with creating theoretical framework about the universe while two Swiss scientists found exoplanet. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Fight Over Mauna Kea Is About More Than a Telescope

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Aug 1, 2019 The rights of Hawaiian indigenous peoples are at stake as local government officials, astronomers, residents and activists take sides. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Water Discovered in Distant Planet’s Atmosphere for First Time

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 25, 2014 Far beyond our solar system lies a planet said by astronomers to contain water vapor. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Earth-Like Planet a ‘Stone’s Throw Away’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 30, 2014 Astronomers have discovered a planet that appears to offer some of the most Earth-like conditions found anywhere in the galaxy. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

NASA Discovers More Than 700 New Planets and Some May Have Life

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NASA: The World Won’t End in 2012

Staff / Truthdig Jan 3, 2012 Sorry, all you Mayan-influenced doomsday enthusiasts, but it's looking to some of the great minds over at NASA as though 2012 isn't going to be particularly apocalypse-friendly as such. Ancient augury versus contemporary astronomy: Who will prevail? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Astronomers Scope Out ‘Earth 2.0’

Staff / Truthdig Dec 6, 2011 Did you know that astronomers have found a bunch of potential "Earth 2.0" candidate planets scattered around the universe? More than 2,000 in fact, and one in particular, which NASA dubbed Kepler 22-b after the supercharged telescope that spotted it, spins around its own sun just 600 light-years away. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

This Is the Rocket That Will Take Us to Mars (video)

Staff / Truthdig Sep 15, 2011 Who said NASA is dead? The space agency has unveiled its new rocket design -- the most powerful ever if we go ahead and build it -- capable one day of dropping a human or two on Mars. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Riding the Milky Way in Tucson

Deanne Stillman / Truthdig Aug 27, 2010 A couple of days after I arrived in Tucson, there came a party invitation The public was invited to the top of Mount Lemmon for a viewing of the annual Perseid showers, a breathtaking display of shooting stars While I generally brake for sand, I also hit the road for star parties. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Pope: Homosexuality Is Unnatural

Staff / Truthdig Dec 23, 2008 Pope Benedict XVI on Monday called for the protection of traditional heterosexuality, comparing the Catholic church's role in defending the family to saving the rain forests. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )