Watch the Sun Split Apart
Here's your amazing oh-my-gosh-space-is-so-cool video of the day -- a "canyon of fire" forming on the Sun after the liftoff…
Video: Spider Flown in Space Has Trouble Readapting to Gravity
Astronauts have said adapting to weightlessness is much easier than readapting to gravity when they returned to Earth. Muscle weakness,…
Space Trucks! A Pictorial History Of These Mighty Machines
Cargo resupply ships are vital for space exploration. These days they bring food, experiments and equipment to astronauts on the…
How Many Satellites are in Space?
The space age began on October 4, 1957 with the launch of the first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1. This tiny…
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NASA’s Resilient Opportunity Rover Starts Martian Mountaineering
Opportunity starts Martian Mountaineering NASA’s Opportunity rover captured this southward uphill panoramic mosaic on Oct. 21, 2013 (Sol 3463) after…
Titan’s North Pole is Loaded With Lakes
A combination of exceptionally clear weather, the steady approach of northern summer, and a poleward orbital path has given Cassini…
Taking Measure: A ‘New’ Most Distant Galaxy
"The farthest galaxy yet seen!" Haven't we heard that one before? (See here and here, for example.) While it's true…
Incredible Vertical-Landing Grasshopper Rocket Has Retired
Did you take a moment to look at that August video of the Grasshopper rocket deliberately going sideways and then…
Astrophoto: Seeing the Cygnus Capsule Before Its Demise
Here’s a nice photo of the trails in the sky from the International Space Station and Orbital Science’s Cygnus freighter.…
What New Horizons Sounds Like (Sort Of) When It Phones Home
Now that's a tune for a space geek's ears. This is a highly modified sound bite of ranging signals between…