Endeavour Astronauts Arrive at Cape for May 16 Launch
[/caption] KENNEDY SPACE CENTER - The all veteran crew for the last launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour flew back to…
Magma Ocean Flows Beneath Io’s Surface
[/caption] Proving that old data never dies, scientists have found something new about Jupiter’s moon Io using data gathered during…
Plasma Dancing Off the Sun
The Solar Dynamics Observatory captured some plasma streaming off the Sun, doing a quick dance, and diving back into the…
Where In The Universe #148
Here’s this week’s image for the Where In The Universe Challenge, to test your visual knowledge of the cosmos. You…
Hubble Hunts Down Star Formation in Canes Venatici
[/caption] Lots of activity taking place inside NGC 4214, and Hubble has peered inside this dwarf galaxy to see stars…
The Flip Side of Exoplanet Orbits
[/caption] It was once thought that our planet was part of a "typical" solar system. Inner rocky worlds, outlying gas…
Crab Nebula Erupts in a Superflare
[/caption] From a NASA press release: The famous Crab Nebula supernova remnant has erupted in an enormous flare five times…
NanoSail-D Caught on Video
When you have an automated video camera, it's amazing what you can pick up in the night sky. Dr. Robert…
Photopic Sky Survey
[/caption] The Photopic Sky Survey, the largest true-color all-sky survey – along with a constellation and star name overlay option…
Dawn Begins Approach to Asteroid Vesta and Snaps First Images
[/caption] NASA’s revolutionary Dawn Asteroid Orbiter has begun the final approach phase to the giant asteroid Vesta and snapped its…