Bringing You There: Atlantis Roars into Orbit One Final Time
Videographers David Gonzales, Kurt Johnson and Mike Deep filmed the final launch of the Space Shuttle from the Kennedy Space…
Where In The Universe Challenge #150
It’s time for another Where In The Universe Challenge! Name where in the Universe this image was taken and give…
Turning On A Supermassive Black Hole
[/caption] ESO’s Very Large Telescope and ESA’s XMM-Newton X-ray Space Observatory has just opened our eyes once again. While we…
Burned Out Stars Do A Deadly Last Dance
[/caption] "Well, I don't know, but I've been told... You never slow down, you never grow old." Well, Tom Petty…
Share a Meal With Astronauts in Space on July 14
[/caption] I’m just making out my shopping list for going to the grocery store tomorrow, and it includes everything I…
Historic Images of Final Spacewalk of Shuttle Era
[/caption] It's the end of an era: the final spacewalk during the space shuttle era was conducted by astronauts on…
MAXI Peers Into Black Hole Binaries
[/caption] The Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image, or MAXI for short, spends its time aboard the ISS conducting a full…
New Planet Discovered In Trinary Star System
[/caption] Until recently, astronomers were highly skeptical of whether or not planets should be possible in multiple star systems. It…
How Does the Aurora Borealis Form?
Seeing the Northern or Southern Lights is an awe-inspiring experience, but do you know the science behind their beauty? This…
XCOR Lynx Slated to Fly New Suborbital Telescope
[/caption] Commercial space company XCOR Aerospace has signed a “Memorandum of Understanding” with the Planetary Science Institute, laying the groundwork…