Dawn Spirals Down Closer to Vesta’s South Pole Impact Basin

13 years ago

[/caption] NASA's Dawn Asteroid Orbiter is now spiraling down ever closer to the protoplanet Vesta - since arriving on July…

Mars Science Lab Rover Will Land in Gale Crater

13 years ago

[/caption] It's official: the Mars Science Laboratory rover, Curiosity, will be landing Gale Crater on Mars. Scientists announced the final…

The Last Space Shuttle’s Return in 3-D

13 years ago

[/caption] We shared an image yesterday of an amazing view of Atlantis on its way home taken by the Expedition…

Cosmic Bullseye: Auriga’s Wheel

13 years ago

[/caption] One of the strangest types of galaxies are those known as ring galaxies. Examples of these include Hoag's Object…

A Moving Tribute to Every Single Space Shuttle Mission

13 years ago

The space shuttle program has now come to an end and most of us are feeling a bit nostalgic. Want…

Huge Reservoir of Water Discovered in Space 30 Billion Trillion Miles Away

13 years ago

[/caption] From a Caltech Press Release: Water really is everywhere. Two teams of astronomers, each led by scientists at the…

A Space Shuttle On the Sun, One Last Time

13 years ago

[/caption] If you're like me, you were probably wondering if photographer Thierry Legault would have the opportunity to photograph space…

Hoping Forward At The End Of The Shuttle Era

13 years ago

[/caption] CAPE CANAVERAL Fla. -- The last space shuttle mission, STS-135, ended with the landing of the shuttle Atlantis at…

Caught In The Web… Space Spider!

13 years ago

[/caption] Look, he's crawling up my wall... Black and hairy, very small... Now he's up above my head... Hanging by…

Elliptical Galaxies Don’t Act Their Age…

13 years ago

[/caption] Thanks to images taken with the MegaCam camera mounted on the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT, CNRC/CNRS/University of Hawaii), researchers are…