Liftoff! SpaceX Launches First Official Commercial Resupply Mission to ISS
The launch of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket sending the Dragon capsule to orbit. Credit: KSC Twitter Feed SpaceX has successfully…
Minute Physics: Real World Telekinesis
How do magnets affect things at a distance? How does the Sun heat our planet from 93 million miles away?…
Surreal Photos: CubeSats Launched from the Space Station
Three small CubeSats are deployed from the International Space Station on October 4, 2012. Credit: NASA Five tiny CubeSats were…
How to Steal a Space Shuttle
For two days, from October 12 to 13, the shuttle Endeavour will be transported along 12 miles of road on…
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Curiosity Set for 1st Martian Scooping at ‘Rocknest’ Ripple
Image caption: Context view of Curiosity working at ‘Rocknest’ Ripple. Curiosity’s maneuvers robotic arm for close- up examination of ‘Rocknest’…
Weekly Space Hangout – Oct. 4, 2012
It was a slow week on Space news except for the massive announcement that an ancient riverbed was discovered on…
Rare X-Ray Nova Reveals a New Black Hole in the Milky Way
Swift J1745-26, with a scale of the moon as it would appear in the field of view from Earth. This…
Once in a Lifetime Image: Emperor Penguins Under the Aurora Australis
Emperor Penguins on the Antarctic Sea Ice Under the Aurora Australis. Credit and copyright: Stefan Christmann. Used by permission. Photographer…
Two Stars Do a Short-Orbit Tango Around the Milky Way’s Black Hole
Astronomers have known for some time there was one star orbiting fairly close to the black hole at the center…
Eye-Like Helix Nebula Turns Blue in New Image
A combined image of the Helix Nebula from the Spitzer Space Telescope,the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) and the Wide-field Infrared…