A Color View of Darling Dione
Color-composite of Dione made from raw Cassini images acquired on Dec. 23, 2012. (NASA/JPL/SSI. Composite by J. Major.) Although made…
SpaceX Grasshopper Takes Off and Lands Vertically in New 12-Story Hop
SpaceX recently released video of the latest test of their Grasshopper Vertical Take Off and Landing Vehicle, where it rose…
Astrophoto: Widefield, Narrowband View of the Crab Nebula by Nick Howes
Crab Nebula in a widefield, narrowband image. Credit: Nick Howes This gorgeous shot of the Crab Nebula, or M1, by…
The Rings on the Planet Go ‘Round and ‘Round…
Raw wide-angle Cassini image of Saturn's rings (NASA/JPL/SSI) Recently I posted an image of two of Saturn's shepherd moons, Pandora…
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Orion assemblage on track for 2014 Launch
Image caption: Orion EFT-1 crew cabin construction ongoing inside the Structural Assembly Jig at the Operations and Checkout Building (O…
Astrophoto for December 21, 2012: Stars over the Temple of Quetzalcoatl
Templo de la Serpiente Emplumada / Temple of Quetzalcoatl. Credit: César Cantú. Click on the image for access to a…
Win a Deck of Hubble Star Cards
A couple of years ago Universe Today writer John Williams created a card game called Hubble Star Cards, and the…
Space: The Last Minute Holiday Gift Idea Frontier
I'm a last minute shopper, and luckily there are a lot of spacey gifts and greetings that you can still…
Today’s Solstice Sun
This beautiful image from the Solar Dynamics Observatory provides a view of our Sun on the solstice (winter solstice for…
New Crew Arrives at Space Station
The latest crew has arrived to the International Space Station! Cosmonaut and Expedition 34/35 Soyuz Commander Roman Romanenko, Flight Engineer…