Mysterious Noctilucent Clouds as Seen from the International Space Station
Mysterious “night shining” or noctilucent clouds are beautiful to behold, and this stunning image offers an unusual view of these…
Virtual Star Party – June 24, 2012
In case you missed it live, here was our Virtual Star Party for June 24, 2012. In this edition, we…
Astrophotos: Crazy Solar Prominences
We've got three cool images of the hot Sun submitted by various astrophotographers! Raymond Gilchrist enhanced his image from June…
Carnival of Space #255
This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by our good friend Amy Shira Teitel at her Vintage Space blog. Click…
Rivers of Rock
The Moon may not have ever had liquid water on its surface -- despite the use of the term mare,…
What is CERN?
Here's another great video from Sixty Symbols featuring professor Ed Copeland giving his entertaining description of CERN, the "Mecca for…
Mars Has Watery Insides, Just Like Earth
Researchers from the Carnegie Institution have found that water is present in surprisingly Earthlike amounts within Mars' mantle, based on…
The Challenge of Landing on Mars
The folks at NASA/JPL posted this amazing video to their YouTube channel today, highlighting the incredible engineering feat it will…
Astrophoto: Supernova PTF11kly During and After
It was literally an event of stellar proportions! In August 2011, a new Type Ia supernova was seen in spiral…
Early “Elemental” Galaxy Found 12.4 Billion Light Years Away
This is definitely a story about a galaxy long ago and far away. An international team of researchers using the…