Galaxy Violence Revealed! Cosmic Crash Shows Cluster Crunch
Shock waves! Fast-moving particles! Magnetic fields! This image has it all. Behold the merging galaxy clusters MACS J0717+3745 about five billion…
Relive The Joy Of Spacewalking During America’s First EVA, 49 Years Ago Today
In five decades of spacewalks, we challenge you to find a set of photos that more fully represents the potential…
Catch the Dramatic June 10th Occultation of Saturn by the Moon
Some terms in astronomy definitely have a PR problem, and are perhaps due for an overhaul. One such awkward term…
Think You’re A King Of The Nerds? Here’s A Show You Can Apply To
So you know the difference between a bat'leth and a Batmobile, or you can win any board game you get your…
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Meet SpaceX’s New Manned Dragon: Cool Animation Shows ‘How It Works’
Caption: Animation of SpaceX Dragon V2 astronaut transporter. Credit: SpaceX Would you like to meet and fly aboard SpaceX’s next…
Detailed Deconstruction of the “Face” and Pyramids on Mars Claims
Intrigued by the thought of alien artifacts on Mars, with structures like a Martian-built statue of a giant face surrounded…
‘Mega-Earth’ And Doomed Planets Top Today’s Exoplanet Finds
Can you imagine a world that is 17 times as massive as Earth, but still rocky? Or two planets that…
Carnival of Space #356
This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Zain Husain at the Brownspaceman.com blog. Click here to read Carnival of…
President Obama Unveils a New Carbon Plan
At the end of his first year in office, President Obama made a bold promise: the United States would cut…
Astrophoto: Sunset Echo
Sunset on Tatooine? Nah, just an unusual combination of a dazzling orange sunset, clouds and a sun pillar that creates…