Oddball Stars Explained: New Observations Solve Longstanding Mystery Of Tipped Stars

Science Daily: "A pair of unusual stars known as DI Herculis has confounded astronomers for three decades, but new observations have provided data that they say solve the mystery once and for all."

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's LAMP shedding light on permanently shadowed regions of the moon

EurelAlert: "NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, launched on June 18 of this year, has begun its extensive exploration of the lunar environment and will return more data about the moon than any previous mission. The Lyman-Alpha Mapping Project, developed by Southwest Research Institute, is an integral part of the LRO science investigation. LAMP uses a novel method to peer into the perpetual darkness of the moon's so-called permanently shadowed regions."

Ear to the Universe starts listening

SciAm: "US radio array starts its search for extraterrestrial life."

First rocky planet outside solar system found

CNN: "Scientists have discovered the first confirmed Earthlike planet outside our solar system, they announced Wednesday."

Swift Makes Best-ever Ultraviolet Portrait Of Andromeda Galaxy

ScienceDaily: "In a break from its usual task of searching for distant cosmic explosions, NASA's Swift satellite has acquired the highest-resolution view of a neighboring spiral galaxy ever attained in the ultraviolet. The galaxy, known as M31 in the constellation Andromeda, is the largest and closest spiral galaxy to our own."

Strange Dwarf Planet Has Red Spot

Space.com: "The dwarf planet Haumea has a dark, red spot, scientists find"

James Webb Space Telescope begins to take shape at Goddard

EurekAlert: "NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is starting to come together. A major component of the telescope, the Integrated Science Instrument Module structure, recently arrived at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., for testing in the Spacecraft Systems Development and Integration Facility."