Further analysis with the WMAP data suggests that the cosmological dark flow is real.
Astronomers have spotted a potential Type Ia supernova in our own galaxy.
Stars that have planets appear to be poor in lithium.
The Chandra X-ray Observatory discovers a carbon atmosphere on a neutron star.
Preliminary analysis of the impact plume from LCROSS indicates significant amounts of water on the Moon.
The most distant galaxy cluster ever found so far at 10.2 billion light-years away has been discovered.
Measurements of weak gravitational lensing suggest that large-scale structure in the universe might deviate from what would be predicted by general relativity.
NASA has released new images of the LCROSS impact, where the plume appears to have just been less spectacular than expected.
Ellipticals at high redshift appear to be much smaller in size than those in our local Universe, but have about the same mass and density of stars.
Infrared observations using the Spitzer Space Telescope have revealed the largest known ring around Saturn.