http://www.astronomy.com The latest news and stories from Astronomy Magazine The Joint Dark Energy Mission will meaure the expansion rate of the universe and its growth structure. http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=7673 Thursday, November 20, 2008 A team of astronomers has discovered a new planet that is closely orbiting a red-giant star, HD 102272. http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=7672 Thursday, November 20, 2008 The finding was made with a balloon-borne instrument over Antartica. http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=7669 Wednesday, November 19, 2008 Recent finding helps to explain a decades-long paradox of the existence of large amounts of warm gas around certain galaxies. http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=7657 Tuesday, November 18, 2008 Using Odyssey's Gamma Ray Spectrometer, scientists are discovering a liquid past on the Red Planet. http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=7612 Monday, November 17, 2008 This is the first time the orbiters tested the physical processes of magnetars. http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=7608 Friday, November 14, 2008 These new technologies could teach astronauts how to make oxygen from lunar rocks. http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=7607 Friday, November 14, 2008 A team of researchers was able to see three orbiting planetary companions to HR8799 using high-contrast, near-infrared adaptive optics observations. http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=7595 Thursday, November 13, 2008 Astronomers capture first optical photo of exoplanet orbiting nearby star. http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=7599 Thursday, November 13, 2008 Up to two thirds of the more than 4,000 known types of minerals on Earth can be directly or indirectly linked to biological activity. http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=7592 Thursday, November 13, 2008 This is the beginning of NASA's 2-year Interstellar Boundary Explorer mission to study the interactions of hot solar wind colliding with the cold vastness of space and map the boundaries of our solar system. http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=7603 Thursday, November 13, 2008 This new aurora is unlike any other in our solar system. http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=7598 Wednesday, November 12, 2008 The finding suggests the same kinds of shock waves that cause sonic booms from speeding jets are responsible for creating the stuff of planets throughout the universe. http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=7596 Wednesday, November 12, 2008 Sub-millimeter light is vital in studying the earliest stages of the birth and life of stars. http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=7593 Tuesday, November 11, 2008 The lander shuts down after 5 months spent testing martian soil and observing the Red Planet's climate. http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=7590 Tuesday, November 11, 2008 MESSENGER made its second flyby of the innermost planet October 6, and it's already sending back stunning images of never-before-photographed features. http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=7472 Tuesday, October 07, 2008 The nearly 40 submissions to Astronomy magazine's 2008 Out-of-this-world programming award represent a collection of the country's best astronomy outreach programs. http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=7420 Friday, September 26, 2008 On October 6, 2008, NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft flew by Mercury for the second time since its August 4, 2004, launch. Here's a wrap-up of Astronomy.com's coverage of this historic mission to the innermost planet. http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=7430 Thursday, October 02, 2008 During flyby, one instrument will look at reflected light from Mercury's surface to better determine the mineral composition of the planet. http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=7451 Wednesday, October 01, 2008