Timelapse: Noctilucent Clouds and Aurora Together in the Sky
Just in case you haven't seen this bit of awesome yet: Noctilucent clouds and aurora showed up together in skies…
Geek Out! How to Build Your Own Nova Delphini Light Curve
And now for something to appeal to your inner geek. Or, if you're like me, your outer geek. Many of…
Don’t Panic: How Space Emergency Astronaut Training Works
Routines. They tell you when to get up in the morning, what to do at your day job and how…
Astronaut Luca Parmitano’s Chilling First-Hand Account of His Mishap in Space
On July 16, Expedition 36 astronauts Chris Cassidy and Luca Parmitano had to cut a planned 7-hour spacewalk short after…
New Astronaut Candidates Speak of Career Change Sacrifices … and Excitement
Being selected to (potentially) go on a mission outside of Earth orbit has to be exciting. Assuming the astronaut title,…
Rogue Planets Could Form On Their Own in Interstellar Space
Free-floating rogue planets are intriguing objects. These planet-sized bodies adrift in interstellar space were predicted to exist in 1998, and…
Earth’s Highest Clouds Shine at the “Top of the Orbit”
Looking for a new desktop background? This might do nicely: a photo of noctilucent "night-shining" clouds seen above a midnight Sun…
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Haiku for Mars: Winners Selected for MAVEN Mission
Fans of Mars and spaceflight waxed poetic as the haiku selected to travel to Mars aboard the MAVEN spacecraft were…
On the Edge of Tyagaraja
Here's a rather interesting view from orbit around the innermost planet: Mercury's Tyagaraja crater, the interior of which is seen here…
How Do Astronomers Find Other Planets?
Up until 20 years ago, the only planets astronomers were aware of were within our Solar System. They assumed others…