Best Views Yet of Historic Apollo Landing Sites
[/caption] Just over 42 years after Neil and Buzz became the first humans to experience the "stark beauty" of the…
Huge Dust Devil on Mars Captured in Action
[/caption] Mars orbiters, rovers and landers have all captured devils in action before. But this latest shot is a whopper…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 254: Reflection and Refraction
Light can do some pretty strange stuff, like pass through objects and bounce off them; it can be broken up…
Capsule and Skydiver Ready for Record-Setting Freefall
[/caption] Part science experiment, part publicity stunt, part life-long ambition, the Red Bull Stratos mission will feature skydiver Felix Baumgartner…
Dawn gets Big Science Boost at Best Vesta Mapping Altitude
[/caption] NASA’s Dawn mission is getting a whopping boost in science observing time at the closest orbit around Asteroid Vesta…
Sun Releases a Powerful X5 Flare
[/caption] Active Region 1429 unleashed an X5.4-class solar flare early this morning at 00:28 UT, as seen in this image…
FourStar Service: Red Galaxy Cluster Hides In Plain Sight
[/caption] Located some 10.5 billion light years away in the general direction of the constellation of Leo, the most distant…
Carnival of Space #239
[/caption] This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Universe Today writer Amy Shira Teitel, over at her very own…
The Most Astounding Fact About The Universe
In a 2008 interview by TIME magazine, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson was asked what he thought the "most astounding fact"…
Mexican Lake Bears Witness To Ancient Impact
[/caption] Exotic sediments found beneath the floor of Lake Cuitzeo in central Mexico support theories of a major cosmic impact…