Earth’s Lightning Ramps Up With The Solar Wind: Study
As the northern hemisphere enters the hazy days of summer, thunderstorms will freckle many of our nights and days. What…
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NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission to Provide 1st 3-D View of Earth’s Magnetic Reconnection Process – Cleanroom visit with Bolden
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden poses with the agency’s Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) spacecraft, mission personnel, Goddard Center Director Chris Scolese and…
Phobos & Deimos — The Moons of Mars Explained
Where did Mars' moons Phobos and Deimos come from? How did they end up in orbit around Mars? This cool…
Direct Image of an Exoplanet 155 Light Years Away
Chalk up another benchmark in the fascinating and growing menagerie of extra-solar planets. This week, an international team of researchers…
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Moscow Delivers Double Whammy to US Space Efforts – Bans Rocket Engines for Military Use, Won’t Prolong ISS Work
United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket – powered by Russian made RD-180 engines – and Super Secret NROL-67 intelligence gathering…
Guest Post: No turning back, NASA ISEE-3 Spacecraft Returning to Earth after a 36 Year Journey
Editor's note: This guest post was written by Tim Reyes, a former NASA software engineer and analyst who has supported…
14 Red Dwarf Stars to View with Backyard Telescopes
They’re nearby, they’re common and — at least in the latest exoplanet newsflashes hot off the cyber-press — they’re hot.…
Stunning Timelapse: Arizona Sky of Clouds and Stars
One of our favorite timelapse artists, Gavin Heffernan from Sunchaser Pictures recently was invited to Northern Arizona University as an…
Where Are The Aliens? How The ‘Great Filter’ Could Affect Tech Advances In Space
"One of the main things we’re focused on is the notion of existential risk, getting a sense of what the probability…
Watch Live As Three People Return From Space Today
It's time to come home! Expedition 39 astronauts Rick Mastracchio, Koichi Wakata and Mikhail Tyurin will climb into a Russian…