How Do Astronauts on the Space Station Stay in Touch with Earth?
Gemini 8 was in trouble. The spacecraft was spinning rapidly, the astronauts were fighting to stay conscious, and worst of…
Io’s Volcanoes are in the Wrong Place
Jupiter’s moon Io features at least 400 active volcanoes, making it the most volcanically active world in our Solar System.…
A Look at the Hazards of Green Laser Pointers
Those handheld green lasers pointers may not be as harmless as you thought. A recent study released by researchers at…
Are Our Textbooks Wrong? Astronomers Clash Over Hubble’s Legacy
“No scientific discovery is named after its discoverer," - Stigler/Merton. Edwin Hubble's contributions to astronomy earned him the honor of having…
Solar Spacecraft Gets a Little Loopy
Twice a year, the Solar Dynamics Observatory performs a 360-degree roll about the axis on which it points toward the…
Hubble Telescope Breaks Record in Finding Most Distant Type Ia Supernova
Astronomers just keep honing their skills and refining their techniques to get the most out of their telescopes. Scientists using…
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How the Air Force and SpaceX Saved Dragon from Doom
The picture perfect docking of the SpaceX Dragon capsule to the International Space Station (ISS) on March 3 and the…
Watch Curiosity’s Parachute Flap in the Martian Breeze
How cool is this? An animation of seven images from the HiRISE camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show a…
New Meme Puts Space Robots in Their Place
Oh, those space robots. They don't always do what we want them to do, but we love them anyway. If…
NASA’s Great Observatories Provide a Sparkly New View of the Small Magellanic Cloud
This is just pretty! NASA's Great Observatories -- the Hubble Space Telescope, the Chandra X-Ray Observatory and the Spitzer Infrared…