Carnival of Space #276
This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Universe Today's very own John Williams at his very own Starry Critters…
Brighter Than the Moon: Camera Captures Brilliant Leonid Fireball
The Leonid Meteor shower is usually notorious for the bright fireballs it can produce, but this fireball exploded with unexpected…
Stunning New Timelapse: Storms and Stars at Joshua Tree
Here's another gorgeous timelapse by Gavin Heffernan, who returned to Joshua Tree National Park in California for his third look…
Surreal Images of Soyuz Landing in the Dark
The Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft is seen shortly after it landed on November 19, 2012 with the Expedition 33 crew. Credit:…
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Can Humans Live on Mars?
Image caption: Curiosity is taking the first ever radiation measurements from the surface of another planet in order to determine…
Change of Command on the Space Station
Before the crew of Expedition 32/33 comes home today, astronaut and commander Suni Williams handed over the reins of the…
Watch: Ultimate Mars Challenge
The PBS special "Ultimate Mars Challenge" that aired this week in the US is now available on YouTube. The production…
HUGE New Gale Crater Panoramas from Curiosity
The image above is a gorgeous view of the Curiosity rover's surroundings in Gale Crater. However, it is just a…
Astrophoto: Angel of the North Gets a Halo
Halo (Comets and Starry Sky Edition). Credit: Peter Greig (St1nkyPete on Flickr) What a stunning shot! It took much of…
Giant Spiders on Mars!
Eek, spiders! All right, so it's not actually little green arachnids we're talking about here, but they are definitely spidery…