The Day the Earth Smiled: Saturn Shines in this Amazing Image from the Cassini Team
This summer, for the first time ever, the world was informed that its picture was going to be taken from…
Supersonic Starbirth Bubble Glows In Image From Two Telescopes
Talk about birth in the fast lane. Fresh observations of HH 46/47 -- an area well-known for hosting a baby star…
Chris Hadfield Tells Conan O’Brien What Happens to Underwear in Space
Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield appeared on Conan last night, and if you missed it here's a clip in which Conan…
Space Internet? Rocket Flight Aims To Test Earth-To-Space Communications
Imagine you're a space tourist wanting to blog about your experience. Too impatient to wait for the ride back to…
Go Mars-Digging Beside Curiosity In New Interactive Panorama
Here's a nice distraction to start off the day: pretend you're playing in the sandbox of Mars alongside Curiosity. This…
Track Comet ISON’s Journey Around the Sun with this Paper Model
Planet orbits are so easy to picture - eight nearly concentric hula hoops centered on the sun. Comets are weirder.…
Russia’s Second Shot at Phobos May Return Bits of Mars As Well
After the tragic failure of the first Phobos-Grunt mission to even make it out of low-Earth orbit, the Russian space…
Astronomy Cast 321: Solar Flares
Sometimes the Sun is quiet, and other times the Sun gets downright unruly. During the peak of its 11-year cycle,…
India’s Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) Requires Extra Thruster Firing after Premature Engine Shutdown
India’s Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) probe suffered a surprise hiccup overnight (Nov. 11 IST) when the main engine shut down…
Tracking Comet C/2013 R1 Lovejoy through November
Tired of comets yet? Right now, northern hemisphere observers have four (!) comets within range of binoculars in the dawn…