So You Wanna Go To Space. Can You Put Up With The Superpower Bacteria?
We all love space here and we're sure, given that thousands of people applied for a one-way trip to Mars,…
Three Potentially Habitable Planets Found Orbiting Gliese 667C
A closer look at the previously-studied nearby star Gliese 667C has revealed a treasure trove of planets – at least…
ISS Spacewalk Prepares for New Russian Laboratory
On Monday, two Russian cosmonauts conducted a 6-hour, 34-minute spacewalk to prepare for a new Russian module that will be…
Podcast: Planetary Motions in the Sky
Even the ancient astronomers knew there was something different about the planets. Unlike the rest of the stars, the planets…
Searching for Pluto: A Guide to the 2013 Opposition Season
So you’ve seen all of the classic naked eye planets. Maybe you’ve even seen fleet-footed Mercury as it reached greatest…
Behind the Scenes at Kitt Peak Observatory: What is an Observing Run Really Like?
Greetings, from the Kitt Peak National Observatory, in Arizona! I’m here on a weeklong observing run, which is arguably the…
This Energy-Boosting Region In The Sun Will Have A New NASA Satellite Watching It
How does the sun's energy flow? Despite the fact that we live relatively close (93 million miles, or eight light-minutes)…
‘Super Moon’ Images from Around the World, June 2013
The full Moon of June 23, 2013 was the largest Moon of the year. This so-called “Super Moon” was at…
NASA’s Daytime Dynamo Experiment Deploys Lithium to Study Global Ionospheric Communications Disruptions
On June 24, 2013 a pair of daytime sounding rockets will launch from NASA Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) and deploy…
Herbal Earth: Spectacular Vegetation Views of Our Home Planet and the Natural World of Living Green Life
Earth’s Vegetation from Suomi NPP satellite. World map of vegetation data collected by the Suomi NPP satellite (National Polar-orbiting Partnership)…