Image Follow-up: Fire Up Your Spacecraft Thrusters!
Here's a follow-up on an interesting image we posted last year, during Don Pettit's stay on the International Space Station…
Welcome to the Space Station Science Garage
What do you get when you combine Mike Massimino, Don Pettit, Chris Hadfield, Tom Marshburn and some bean bag chairs?…
ESA Launches ‘Albert Einstein’ Cargo Spacecraft to the Space Station
ESA used a little E=mc^2 and launched the Automated Transfer Vehicle-4 (ATV-4) resupply ship, named "Albert Einstein" in honor of…
SpaceX Tests Falcon 9-R Advanced Reusable Prototype Rocket
Over the past weekend, SpaceX fired up a new version of the Falcon 9, known as the Falcon 9-R, with…
Amateur Images of the Ring Nebula Rival Views from Space Telescopes
The Ring Nebula is a planetary nebula about 2,000 light-years from Earth and measures roughly 1 light-year across. It is…
Watch Live Webcast: Space Warps
Want to join the hunt for new galaxies? During a special G+ Hangout today, June 5, a team of astronomers…
Bottoms Up! It’s a Year of Lunar Libration From Down Under
Do you live in the southern hemisphere? Are you tired of all those views of the Moon that favor celestial…
New Hotspot Identified For Star Birth
A nebula named after a cat's paw may be a stealthy spot for a lot of star birth. New observations…
Can You See the Great Wall of China from Space?
One popular myth about space exploration is that the Great Wall of China is the only human-built structure that can…
Swath of Destruction from Deadly Oklahoma Tornado Visible from Space
The tornado that devastated the region around Moore and Newcastle, Oklahoma on May 20, 2013 has been determined to be…