SpaceX’s Dragon Capsule Returns to Earth Today
The private Dragon space capsule is returning to Earth today (May 31), bringing its historic mission to the International Space Station to a close — and you can watch the spacecraft’s homecoming...
View ArticleTransit of Venus across the Sun
The transit of Venus across the Sun has enthralled astronomers and amateur stargazers alike. They gathered across the world to view the rare phenomenon. The planet appeared as a small black pinhole...
View ArticleMickey Mouse Spotted On Mercury!
This scene is to the northwest of the recently named crater Magritte, in Mercury’s south. The image is not map projected; the larger crater actually sits to the north of the two smaller ones. The...
View ArticleAstrophysicist: Solar System Is Entering An Interstellar Energy Cloud
News that even has the full attention of the National Academy of Sciences along with NASA and other world scientist are quite concerned as they are not sure just what to expect, if they do, they are...
View ArticleStrange vortex discovered on Saturn moon Titan
A NASA spacecraft has spied a vortex swirling in the atmosphere high above the south pole of the Saturn moon Titan, hinting that winter may be coming to the huge body’s southern reaches. NASA’s Cassini...
View ArticleCuriosity’s Mysterious Mars Photo Stirs Speculation
Did Curiosity capture the galactic equivalent of the Zapruder film when it landed on Mars? Seconds after the NASA robot’s landing Sunday night, Curiosity managed to squeeze off a handful of fuzzy,...
View ArticleStrange Mystery Spheres on Mars Baffle Scientists
A strange picture of odd, spherical rock formations on Mars from NASA’s Opportunity rover has scientists scratching their heads over what exactly they’re looking at. The new Mars photo by Opportunity...
View ArticleNASA’s Curiosity rover finds ‘flower’ on surface of Mars
NASA has released a series of new photos taken by its Curiosity rover that appear to show a “flower” on the surface of Mars. NBCNews.com’s photo blog reports that the photos were taken as part of an...
View ArticleMassive Star Explosion Captured in Stunning Photo
This new view of the historical supernova remnant Cassiopeia A, located 11,000 light-years away, was taken by NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR. A beautiful new image snapped by a...
View ArticleAsteroid 2012 DA14 to pass through Earth’s Satellite Belt on February 15, 2013
A small near-Earth asteroid was discovered in late February 2012 by astronomers at the Observatorio Astronómico de La Sagra in Spain, designated 2012 DA14, is estimated to be about 45 meters (150 feet)...
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