10 Years & Top 10 Discoveries from Marvelous Mars Express
This week marks the 10th anniversary since the launch of the European Space Agencies’ (ESA) Mars Express orbiter from the…
How a Hubble Image Goes from Photons to Finished Beauty
How does raw data from the Hubble Space Telescope end up to become a finished gorgeous color image, like the…
What Does Antarctica Look Like Under the Ice?
Although it sits isolated at the "bottom of the world" Antarctica is one of the most influential continents on Earth,…
Newly Found Truck-Sized Asteroid to Whiz by Earth June 8
A truck-sized asteroid just discovered yesterday (Thursday, June 6) will give Earth a relatively close shave later today/early tomorrow, depending…
Spectacular Night Launch from NASA Wallops Shines Bright Beacon on Star Formation in Early Universe
Night time blast off of 4 stage NASA Black Brant XII suborbital rocket at 11:05 p.m. EDT on June 5,…
June Arietids – The Invisible Meteor Shower You Just Might See
I've never seen an Arietid meteor and chances are you haven't either. Peaking on June 7-8, the Arietid (AIR-ee-uh-tid) meteor shower is…
ALMA and the Comet Factory
"Ooompah, loompah, roopity rust... ALMA finds comets hiding in dust." According to many studies over recent years, astronomers are aware…
Proposed Changes to NASA’s Education and Outreach – A View from the Outside
The first Moon landing inspired a whole generation of scientists and engineers. And NASA, to its great credit, didn't rest…
Is This What a Mars Outpost Will Look Like from Orbit?
This sure looks like a futuristic settlement on the Red Planet, as Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano pondered on Twitter yesterday…