Celebrating MAVEN’s Launch, Planetary Style
If you can't attend a rocket launch live, the next best thing might be watching it on a big screen,…
UrtheCast: Cameras for Live Video Views of Planet Earth To Launch Nov. 25
A Canadian camera system aiming to provide near-realtime video views of Earth is readying for a launch from Kazakhstan. If…
Watch MAVEN Launch Live!
Live streaming video by Ustream Once again, we're heading to Mars! At 18:28 UTC (1:28 p.m. EST), NASA's Mars Atmosphere…
Wrist-Sized Bone Scanner Could Fly To The Space Station In 2016
OTTAWA, CANADA - The University of Saskatchewan hopes to fly a wrist-sized MRI to the International Space Station by 2016…
‘Elephant Trunks’ Crowd Distant Star Cluster, Raising New Questions About Stellar Formation
Star winds are pushing the gas around NGC 3572 into "elephant trunks", as you can see if you look carefully as…
A Cosmic Intruder Grabbed Hot Gas From This Galaxy Group
So galaxy group NGC 5044 was just sitting quietly by itself a few million years ago when galaxy NGC 5054 decided…
Comet ISON Grows Wings; Comet Lovejoy, a Fountain
Wonderful photos of Comets ISON and Lovejoy with their swollen comas and developing tails have appeared on these pages, but…
What Is The Evidence For The Big Bang?
Almost all astronomers agree on the theory of the Big Bang, that the entire Universe is spreading apart, with distant…
How NASA Kept MAVEN’s Launch Date During The Government Shutdown
As NASA Social attendees gather for NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft's date with space today, NASA administrator Charles…
Mars bound MAVEN Orbiter “GO” for Astrobiology Expedition Launch on Nov. 18
NASA’s Mars bound MAVEN spacecraft atop Atlas V booster rolls out to Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force…