What are You Doing for Yuri’s Night?
Yuri’s Night commemorates two space milestones in history that both occurred on April 12: in 1961, cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin made…
Latest Curiosity Rover Update: Mars’ Bygone Atmosphere
In this latest video update from the Mars Science Laboratory team, Ashwin Vasavada, the mission's Deputy Project Scientist, discusses the…
IAU Issues Response To Uwingu’s Exoplanet Naming Campaign
Given the popularity of the recent contest by Uwingu to suggest names for the closest known exoplanet to Earth (officially…
Spooky Experiment on ISS Could Pioneer New Quantum Communications Network
With its 180 degree views of Earth and space, the ISS's cupola is the perfect place for photography. But Austrian…
The Sun Doesn’t Cause Earthquakes
If that title seems like an obvious statement to you, it's ok... it seems pretty obvious to me too. But…
Soviet Lander Spotted by Mars Orbiter
On May 28, 1971, the Soviet Union launched the Mars 3 mission which, like its previously-launched and ill-fated sibling Mars…
AstroVideo: The Stars Over Teotihuacan, City of Gods
The ancient city of Teotihuacan, located about 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Mexico City, is the site of several pyramids…
Weekend Aurora Alert: The Sun Lets Loose an Earth-Directed CME
The Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this view as the Sun let loose with its biggest solar flare of the year…
Tell-tale Evidence of Bouncing Boulders on Mars
What are the types of things that happen on Mars when we’re not looking? Some things we’ll never know, but…
NASA Explains Their New Asteroid Retrieval Mission
NASA's FY2014 budget proposal includes a plan to robotically capture a small near-Earth asteroid and redirect it safely to a…