Watch: An Amazing, Mesmerizing Full Rotation of Jupiter
Jupiter is a happening place in the solar system. While bashful Mars only puts on a good show once every…
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NASA Pressing Towards Fall 2014 Orion Test Flight – Service Module Complete
Engineers prepare Orion’s service module for installation of the fairings that will protect it during launch this fall when Orion…
Herschel Discovers Water Vapor Spewing from Ceres
With the Dawn spacecraft now heading towards the dwarf planet/asteroid Ceres, the mission has suddenly gotten even more intriguing. The…
Bright New Supernova Blows Up in Nearby M82, the Cigar Galaxy
Wow! Now here's a supernova bright enough for even small telescope observers to see. And it's in a bright galaxy…
China’s Yutu rover trundles across the Moon in Time-lapse Panorama
This time-lapse color panorama from China’s Chang’e-3 lander shows the Yutu rover at two different positions during its trek over…
Latest Data Shows Global Climate Continues Warming Trend
The latest statistics are in from 2013 and both NASA’s and NOAA’s measurements of global temperatures show Earth continued to…
An Incredible Time-lapse of Venus Passing Through Inferior Conjunction
Some of the most amazing celestial sights are hidden from our view in the daytime sky. Or are they? We…
Why Is the Solar System Flat?
It's no mystery that the planets, moons, asteroids, etc. in the Solar System are arranged in a more-or-less flat, plate-like…
Surprise! Fomalhaut’s Kid Sister Has a Debris Disk Too
The bright star Fomalhaut hosts a spectacular debris disk: a dusty circling plane of small objects where planets form. At…
Milky Way Shakes, Rattles and Rolls…
For decades astronomers have puzzled over the many details concerning the formation of the Milky Way Galaxy. Now a group…