Gape Slack-Jawed at this Amazing Video of Jupiter’s Rotation
Mike Phillips was already an accomplished planetary astrophotographer, but he took everything to the next level with this amazing video…
Study Looks at Making Asteroid Mining Viable
Artist concept of the Robotic Asteroid Prospector. Credit: Marc Cohen et al. There’s been a lot of buzz in the…
Guest Post: Comet Kerfuffle
An image generated from Starry Night software of how Comet ISON may look on November 22, 2013 from the UK.…
Will NASA Really Build a “Gateway” L-2 Moon Base?
In this artist’s concept, the Orion MPCV is docked to a habitat; an astronaut exits the spacecraft to conduct an…
How Many Asteroids Are Out There?
Answer: a LOT. And there's new ones being discovered all the time, as this fascinating animation by Scott Manley shows.…
Hubble Goes to the eXtreme in Stunning New Deepest View Ever of the Universe
The Hubble eXtreme Deep Field (XDF) combines Hubble observations taken over the past decade of a small patch of sky…
Blowing a Super-duper Celestial Bubble
Image credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/U.Mich./S.Oey, IR: NASA/JPL, Optical: ESO/WFI/2.2-m. Zoom by John Williams/TerraZoom using Zoomify When NASA combines images from different…
New ‘Sun-Skirting’ Comet Could Provide Dazzling Display in 2013
2013 is looking to be a promising year for potential naked-eye comets, as a new comet has been discovered that…
Bringing You There: Final Shuttle Flyby Over Kennedy Space Center
This will never be seen again. Last week, the remaining Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (NASA 905) lofted a Space Shuttle into…
A New, Automatic 3-D Moon
Korolev lobate scarp on the Moon, in 3-D. Lobate scarps, a type of cliff,are found mostly in the highlands on…