The Disappearing Sun
It's eclipse season for the Solar Dynamics Observatory! Twice a year near each equinox, the orbital dynamics lines up so…
Russian Space Agency Sets Dates for Resuming Progress, Soyuz Launches
[/caption] The Russia space agency has set dates for resuming flights with the Progress and Soyuz spacecraft. After determining the…
Stormy Weather: Brown Dwarf Star Could Model Extra-Solar Planet Atmosphere
[/caption]Thanks to the help of the infrared camera on the 2.5m telescope at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile, astronomers are…
GRAIL Lunar Blastoff Gallery
[/caption] Check out our gallery of more thrilling launch photos of NASA’s twin GRAIL spacecraft departing Earth on Saturday, Sept.…
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ATK and Astrium’s Liberty Launcher Added to NASA’s Commercial Crewed Roster
[/caption]CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla – Liberty has wings. That is to say that the launch vehicle proposed by Alliant Techsystems or…
7 Incredible NASA Corn Mazes: Cool Crop Circles for Science
[/caption] Imagine looking out your airplane window (or alien spacecraft portal) and seeing a giant Mars Exploration Rover or an…
Astronaut’s Photography Manual
[/caption] I can't believe I never saw this before. This is the astronaut's photography manual provided by Hasselblad for NASA…
HARPS Hauls in Over Fifty New Exoplanets
[/caption] Yesterday astronomers with the High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher or HARPS, announced a record-breaking discovery of more than…
Gas, Not Galaxy Collisions Responsible for Star Formation in Early Universe
[/caption] Was the universe a kinder, gentler place in the past that we have thought? The Herschel space observatory has…
Fermi Gamma Ray Observatory Harvests Cosmic Mysteries
[/caption] When it comes to high-energy sources, no one knows them better than NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. Taking a…