What path will lead American humans to Mars?
Is it just us, or has there been a lot -- a LOT -- of talk about getting humans to…
Astrophotos: Triple Planetary Conjunction
Images are starting to come in of the bright planetary conjunction in the western sky at dusk! Jupiter, Venus and…
Hanging Out with Astronauts
On May 23, NASA hosted a Google+ Hangout from the Johnson Space Center with three recently returned International Space Station…
How to See the International Space Station
The International Space Station is one of the most complicated machines ever built and the largest object ever assembled in…
New IMAX Super Short: Galaxies Across Space and Time
"Hubble: Galaxies Across Space and Time" is an award-winning IMAX Super Short film. In less than 3 minutes you can…
Astonishing Hi-Resolution Satellite Views of the Destruction from the Moore, Oklahoma Tornado
A new satellite map from Google and Digital Globe shows just-released satellite imagery of the damage from the tornado that…
The Ring Nebula is Really a Football-Shaped Jelly Donut
Sometimes the popular names given to an astronomical object hit the mark of describing its features. Other times…. not so…
Awesome View of the Active Pavlov Volcano, as Seen from the Space Station
The Pavlof Volcano began erupting on May 13, 2013, shooting lava into the air and spewing an ash cloud 20,000…
With Russian Meteor Fresh In Everyone’s Memory, ESA Opens An Asteroid Monitoring Center
It's been about three months since that infamous meteor broke up over Chelyabinsk, Russia. In that time, there's been a lot…
An Amazing Anniversary Image from the VLT
This Saturday will mark 15 years that the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT) first opened its eyes on…