Video: Beyond Neptune, It Sure Is Crowded With Icy Objects

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Faster than you can say "trans-Neptunian object" three times, the reaches beyond Neptune's orbit start to fill out in this…

Astrophoto: Spectacular View of the Triffid Nebula in Narrowband

11 years ago

What a gorgeous deep sky astrophoto! M20, also known as the Trifid Nebula is located in Sagittarius, and its name…

Watch Live Here – SpaceX Founder Elon Musk Unveils Manned “Dragon V2” Spaceship on May 29

11 years ago

SpaceX is hosting a worldwide live premiere event tonight, May 29, unmasking the veil from the company’s commercial “Dragon V2”…

The Battle Against What Spaceflight Does To Your Health

11 years ago

Why do some astronauts come back from the International Space Station needing glasses? Eye problems are one of the largest…

How Much Can Titan’s Sunsets Teach Us About Alien Planets?

11 years ago

Titan -- that smoggy, orangy moon circling Saturn -- is of great interest to exobiologists because its chemistry could be…

Will an Asteroid Smack Jupiter in 2022?

11 years ago

A recent space rock discovery has sent a minor buzz through the community that tracks such objects. And as usual,…

Timelapse: Anticrepuscular Rays at Monument Valley

11 years ago

Astrophotograher César Cantú from Mexico is visiting Utah and captured an incredible timelapse of the view at sunset along with…

Push. Pull. Run. Lift! How Do We Make These Exercises Work In Zero G?

11 years ago

Here's the thing about going to the International Space Station: No one can predict what you'll need to do during…

Did This Martian Volcano Once Host Life?

11 years ago

Extremophiles teach us that life is found in unlikely places, which is why after looking at microbes happily living in…