Yutu Flexes Robot Arm then Enters Hibernation During Long Lunar Night
1st Chang'e-3 Lunar Panorama Portion of 1st panorama around Chang’e-3 landing site showing China’s Yutu rover leaving tracks in the…
Spacewalkers Battle Camera Glitch, Pull Back For Another Day
Customers eager to watch live, high-definition images of Earth may have to wait a bit longer. Two Russian spacewalkers were…
Venus Slip-Slides Away – Catch it While You Can!
I put down down the snow shovel to give my back a rest yesterday evening and couldn't believe what I…
Weekly Space Hangout – December 27, 2013: Year in Review & Looking Forward
Host: Fraser Cain Guests: +Brian Koberlein (@briankoberlein), David Dickinson (@Astroguyz), Pamela Gay (@starstryder) Big thanks to Nicole Gugliucci (@noisyastronomer) for…
Astrophoto: Nova Centauri 2013 Turns Pink
A recent naked-eye visible nova that erupted the first week in December 2013 is still showing its stuff, and this…
When Will We Become Interstellar?
Dr. Ian O'Neill is one of the coolest scientists we know, so we sat him down at the YouTube spaces…
Watch Spacewalkers Friday As They Install Earth Livestream Camera On Station
For all you Earth observation geeks out there, we have some good news -- two Russian astronauts are going to…
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Rough Red Planet Rocks Rip Rover Curiosity Wheels
Photomosaic shows new holes and tears in several of rover Curiosity’s six wheels caused by recent driving over sharp edged…
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101 Astronomical Events for 2014
It’s here! As 2013 draws to a close, we once again cast our thoughts to all things astronomical for the…
Carnival of Space #333
This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by our pal Ray Sanders at his Dear Astronomer blog. Click here to…