USPS Commemorates Spaceflight Past and Present
Postage stamps honoring Mercury astronaut Alan Shepard, America's first man in space, and NASA's MESSENGER probe, the first spacecraft to…
Hit and Run Asteroid Caused Scheila’s Comet-like Behavior
Asteroid or comet? That was the question astronomers were asking after an asteroid named Scheila had unexpectedly brightened, and seemingly…
Take a Look: Huge Asteroid to Fly By Earth in November
[/caption] A large space rock will pass close to Earth on November 8, 2011 and astronomers are anticipating the chance…
Stealth Unmanned Combat Vehicle Makes First Flight
[/caption] Looking like something straight from a 1950’s science fiction magazine, the stealthy Phantom Ray unmanned airborne system (UAS) successfully…
SDO: The Moon Gets in My Way
Early today, the Solar Dynamics Observatory was able to observe the Moon coming in between the spacecraft and the Sun.…
Astronaut On Board ISS Gets Word of Mother’s Death
[/caption] ISS astronaut Paolo Nespoli from Italy received some sad news while in orbit on the International Space Station: his…
Hubble Captures Ancient Beauty: M5
[/caption] This is just plain pretty. You’re looking at some of the oldest stars in the Universe. This new Hubble…
Satellite Imagery Shows How Tornadoes Slashed Across Alabama, Mississippi
[/caption] Some extraordinary satellite and radar imagery shows how the deadly tornado supercell slashed through Alabama and Mississippi last week,…
What’s Up in the May Nighttime Skies?
Jane Houston Jones from JPL provides a preview of what you can expect to see in the night skies in…
A New Spin on Galactic Evolution
There's a new concept in the works regarding the evolution of galactic arms and how they move across the…