10 Amazing 3-D Views from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
These pictures require you to grab the 3-D glasses you have handy by your desk (if you don't have a…
Carnival of Space #288
This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by our pal Ray Sanders at his Dear Astronomer website! Click here to…
45 meter Asteroid to Skirt Very Near Earth on Feb 15
Our home planet is due for a record setting space encounter on Friday (Feb. 15) of this week, when a…
Scientist Explains the Weird Shiny Thing on Mars
As we reported last week, images from the Curiosity rover showed what looked like a piece of shiny metal sticking…
Stunning Compilation of the Solar Dynamic Observatory’s Observations
Three years ago today, (February 11, 2010) I was standing at Kennedy Space Center watching the launch of the Solar…
Freaky Fast Delivery: Progress Blasts Off, Docks at ISS Hours Later
The Progress 50 resupply ship has now arrived at the International Space Station, just hours after it launched from the…
Continuing the Landsat Mission: New Satellite Launches to Space
NASA launched a successor to the long-time Landsat satellite Earth-observing program today, sending the Landsat Data Continuity Mission satellite to…
Asteroid 2012 DA14: Observing Prospects and How to See It
Mark your calendars: this Friday, February 15, 2013, is the close flyby of Near Earth Asteroid 2012 DA14, passing just…
Astrophoto: Desert Space Station
Old meets space-age in this image of the International Space Station passing over an ancient saguaro cactus at the Saguaro…
Help Name Pluto’s Newest Moons!
Today marks seven months since the announcement of Pluto’s fifth moon and over a year and a half since the discovery of…