Science News for Kids » Space Telescope Science Institute http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org Publication of the Society for Science & the Public Wed, 22 May 2013 19:18:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 End of big bug era http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/06/flying-predators-probably-gobbled-up-the-biggest-of-the-large-flying-insects-150-million-years-ago/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/06/flying-predators-probably-gobbled-up-the-biggest-of-the-large-flying-insects-150-million-years-ago/#comments Thu, 21 Jun 2012 17:00:19 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=13050 dragonfly2_feature

Flying predators probably gobbled up the biggest of the large flying insects 150 million years ago]]> dragonfly2_feature

Flying predators probably gobbled up the biggest of the large flying insects 150 million years ago]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/06/flying-predators-probably-gobbled-up-the-biggest-of-the-large-flying-insects-150-million-years-ago/feed/ 0 Galactic mashup http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/06/the-milky-way-will-merge-with-its-nearest-large-neighbor-in-about-4-billion-years/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/06/the-milky-way-will-merge-with-its-nearest-large-neighbor-in-about-4-billion-years/#comments Mon, 18 Jun 2012 15:15:45 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=13011 A show of swirling lights will fill the night sky as the Andromeda galaxy collides with the Milky Way in 4 billion years. Since you won’t be there to see it, here’s an artist’s illustration of what the mashup might look like. Credit: NASA, ESA, Z. Levay and R. van der Marel (STScI), and A. Mellinger

Save the date: The Milky Way will merge with its nearest large neighbor in about 4 billion years ]]> A show of swirling lights will fill the night sky as the Andromeda galaxy collides with the Milky Way in 4 billion years. Since you won’t be there to see it, here’s an artist’s illustration of what the mashup might look like. Credit: NASA, ESA, Z. Levay and R. van der Marel (STScI), and A. Mellinger

Save the date: The Milky Way will merge with its nearest large neighbor in about 4 billion years ]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/06/the-milky-way-will-merge-with-its-nearest-large-neighbor-in-about-4-billion-years/feed/ 0