Endeavour’s Cross-Country Final Piggyback Ride Arrives at Kennedy
SCA Arrival at KSC on Sept. 11 for Endeavour Ferry Flight to California on Sep. 17. Credit: Ken Kremer The…
Sputtering: How Mars May Have Lost Its Atmosphere
Why is Mars cold and dry? While some recent studies hint that early Mars may have never been wet or…
50 Years Ago Today, We Chose to Go to the Moon
"We set sail on this new sea because there is new knowledge to be gained, and new rights to be…
A Cosmic Flying Pencil — with Hair!
Pencil Nebula (NGC 2736) captured by ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile. Credit: ESO This odd-shaped cloud of gas and…
A Jodrell Odyssey – Part 2 – The Observatory
Caption: The original Jodrell Bank Control Desk with view of the Lovell telescope. Credit: Anthony Holloway. Last week we took…
It Only Happens on Mars: Carbon Dioxide Snow is Falling on the Red Planet
Observations by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have detected carbon-dioxide snow clouds on Mars and evidence of carbon-dioxide snow falling to…
Watch Jupiter Get Hit in the Original HD Video
Caught on webcam by amateur astronomer George Hall in Dallas, Texas, the impact on Jupiter that occurred yesterday at 6:35 a.m.…
Dawn’s Parting Shots of Vesta
Dawn's look at asteroid Vesta as the spacecraft heads off to Ceres. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCAL/MPS/DLR/IDA As Dawn says goodbye to…
Wanted: Asteroid Mappers to Help Scientists Delve Through Data from Dawn
Many types of craters are captured in this panorama of recent Dawn images. Credit: NASA There’s a new citizen science…
A Memorial to 9/11… on Mars
Today, on the 11th anniversary of the World Trade Center attack, countless hearts and minds will be reflecting upon a…