Satellite View of Guatemalan Volcano Erupting
A natural-color image captured the eruption of Volcan de Fuego as it occurred. Credit: NASA/Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard…
Neil Armstrong Remembered in Memorial Service
Neil Armstrong, the first person to set foot on the Moon, was honored in a memorial service at the Washington…
Sonic-Powered Levitation Allows for Zero-G Drug Research
It's not special effects: researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois have developed a way…
In Fact It’s Cold As Hell: Mars Isn’t As Earthlike As It Might Look
The slopes of Gale Crater as seen by Curiosity are reminiscent of the American southwest (NASA/JPL-Caltech) "Mars ain't no kind…
Weekly Space Hangout – Sep. 13, 2012
The Weekly Space Hangout is back from Summer hiatus, with a mountain of space news. This week we tackle: Dawn…
Say Ahhh to Mars
Take a deep breath because this new panorama from Mars enthusiast Stu Atkinson will take it away. "Anyway, a whole…
Asteroid 2012 QG42 Zooms by Earth Tonight — Watch Live!
A newly found asteroid will zip past Earth tonight (Sept. 13/14). But don’t worry; at a distance of 2.85 million…
The Moon from Earth As You’ve Never Seen it Before
The Morteus region on the Moon, taken from the suburbs of Paris, France. Credit: Thierry Legault. Used by permission. Think…
The Unusually Colossal Kepler Supernova
A composite image of Chandra X-ray data shows a rainbow of reds, yellows, green, blue and purple, from lower to…
Opportunity Rover Finds Intriguing New Spherules at Cape York
Mosaic image of the spherules in the rock outcrop on Cape York at Endeavour crater. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech /…