Pictures From T-86: Cassini’s Latest Flyby of Titan
On September 26-27 Cassini executed its latest flyby of Titan, T-86, coming within 594 miles (956 km) of the cloud-covered…
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Roving Curiosity at Work on Mars Searching for Ingredients of Life
Image Caption: Curiosity at work on Mars inside Gale Crater. Panoramic mosaic showing Curiosity in action with her wheel tracks…
ESA’s Big Cargo Ship Departs from the Space Station
After a three-day delay, the European Space Agency’s “Edoardo Amaldi” Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV-3) undocked from the aft port of…
Peekaboo Sun: SDO’s Eclipse Season
Now you see it, now you don't! Around the solstices, the Solar Dynamics Observatory ends up having an “eclipse season,”…
A River Ran Through It: Why Do They Think There Was Once Water on Mars?
Why is everyone so excited about these dusty Mars rocks? This week's big news was the announcement of evidence for…
Weekly Space Hangout – Sept. 27, 2012
This was an action-packed episode of the Weekly Space Hangout. Lots of stories, very little time. Super Comet or Super…
Astrophoto: The Crescent Nebula & Wolf Rayet Star by John Chumack
NGC6888 The Crescent Nebula & Wolf Rayet Star (WR136). Credit: John Chumack. Here's an impressive shot of NGC 6888, also…
Parallax Effect Charted in the 2012 Transit of Venus
Combined images taken simultaneously (06 June 2012, 03:46:18 UTC) from Svalbard and Canberra, showing the Venus parallax effect from 2…
Vesta’s Deep Grooves Could Be “Stretch Marks” From Impact
Dawn image of Vesta showing its nearly circumferential equatorial grooves (NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA) Even though NASA's Dawn spacecraft has departed Vesta the…
Curiosity Finds Evidence of An Ancient Streambed on Mars
NASA's Curiosity rover found evidence for an ancient, flowing stream on Mars at a few sites, including the rock outcrop…