60-Second Space

Leading science journalists provide a daily minute commentary on some of the most interesting develo

Episodes

Total: 168

The Tagish Lake meteorite fragments contain widely varying organic compounds, a sign that chemical r

A database of stars with known ages and spin rates could let astronomers gauge more stars' ages and

A planet-size object could be behind the odd departure of some comets from the Oort Cloud--and towar

A survey of 150,000 galaxies confirms predictions about dark energy, thought to be what's driving ga

Among projects under consideration by NASA is one that would send a boat to the hydrocarbon sea on S

Our understanding of dark matter says the Milky Way should have many times more than its dozen or so

Comet Hale-Bopp has been spotted beyond the orbit of Neptune, far enough from the sun to be without

Two 30,000 light-year-long blobs called Fermi bubbles have been discovered on either side of our gal