The Secret of the Stars
"Say, do you like mystery stories? Well we have one for you. The concept: relativity." Well look at that, it's…
The Vela Pulsar as a Spirograph
I loved my Spirograph when I was young, and obviously Eric Charles, a physicist with the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope…
3 Comets That Fizzled
Take a dirty snowball in space and hurl it towards the Sun. I dare you... and then make a prediction…
Astrophoto: Planet Aurora
I love these 'Polar Planet Effect' images, and this one is awesome. Photographer Martin Stojanovski traveled from Macedonia to Finland…
Big Meteorite Chunk Found in Russia’s Ural Mountains
Scientists and meteorites hunters have been on a quest to find bits of rock from the asteroid which exploded over…
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Curiosity Mars Rover Eats 1st Sample of Gray Rocky Powder
NASA’s Curiosity rover has eaten the 1st ever samples of gray rocky powder cored from the interior of a Martian…
Is a Comet on a Collision Course with Mars?
There is an outside chance that a newly discovered comet might be on a collision course with Mars. Astronomers are…
Spotting the Dragon: How to See SpaceX on Approach to the ISS This Weekend
SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft may be appearing in a backyard sky near you this weekend. Scheduled to launch this Friday on…
Astrophotos: The Full Snow Moon
In Native American lore, the full Moon in February is called the Snow Moon, as this time of year usually…
Carnival of Space #290
This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Gadi Eidelheit at the Transit of Venus blog. Click here to read…