Swirls, Gullies and Bedrock Create Two Jaw-Dropping Ethereal Mars Landscapes
[/caption] Wow! These two latest images from the HiRISE Camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter are simply amazing. I couldn't…
More Dancing Plasma on the Sun
Here's the reason for those auroras Tammy was talking about...The Solar Dynamics Observatory captures a beautiful filament eruption from the…
Lone Planets “More Common Than Stars”
[/caption] We happen to live in a solar system where everything seems to be tucked neatly in place. Sun, planets,…
Aurora Alert!
Thanks to some very "hot" activity on the Sun, high latitude observers could be treated to some magnificent apparitions of…
Timelapse: Clouds and Plume Amid Endeavour’s Launch
Photographers David Gonzales and Mike Deep shot this footage from the Kennedy Space Center Press Site for Universe Today of…
Endeavour Docks at Space Station
Space shuttle Endeavour docked for the final time at the International Space Station carrying six astronauts and the long-anticipated Alpha…
Carnival of Space #197
The tent is up! This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Steve Tilford at Steve's Astro Corner. Click here…
New Satellite Will ‘Taste’ Earth’s Salty Seas from Orbit
[/caption] From a JPL press release: Final preparations are under way for the June 9 launch of the international Aquarius/SAC-D…
World Ending on May 21? Don’t Count on It
Why do some humans have a fixation on the world coming to an end? From ancient Nostradamus to Marshall Applewhite…
Endeavour Blasts Off on Her 25th and Final Mission
[/caption]KENNEDY SPACE CENTER - The second time was a charm for Space Shuttle Endeavour as she blasted off this morning…