India’s First Mars Mission Set to Blast off Seeking Methane Signature
India is gearing up for its first ever space undertaking to the Red Planet - dubbed the Mars Orbiter Mission,…
Hubble’s Latest View Shows Comet ISON Still Intact, Fairly Average
We’ve been showing images of Comet ISON from amateur astronomers around the world, but now that NASA is back from…
Topsy-Turvy Aurora Caught On Astronaut’s Camera
Isn't that aurora facing the wrong way? Not if you're in space! NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins tweeted this picture from…
An Incredible View of Saturn that Could Only Be Seen by a Visiting Spacecraft
So what did NASA do during the US government shutdown? You can't just turn off spacecraft that are operating millions…
Here’s A Nine-Billion-Year Old Gravitational Lens In Space
Here's a picture of what deflected light looks like from 9.4 billion years away. This is the most faraway "gravitational…
NASA Celebrates Return To Work, But Shutdown’s Shadow Could Linger
After 16 days off the job, most employees at NASA returned to work today (Oct. 17). The good news came…
How Will the Universe End?
The evidence that the Universe began with the Big Bang is very compelling. 13.8 billion years ago, the entire Universe…
ALMA Peers Into Giant Black Hole Jets
Did you ever wonder what it would be like to observe what happens to a galaxy near a black hole?…
Planet Aurora Astro-Bubble
How fun is this?! "Here's a panoramic image from the aurora on October 14," wrote Swedish astrophotographer Göran Strand. "I've…
This is the Moon, the Whole Moon and Nothing But the Moon
Take a look around the Moon... no, really, take a good look AROUND the Moon! This is a fantastic animation…