Clockwork Planets
[/caption] While the Perseid meteor shower has been putting on quite a show, there's an awesome "no telescope needed" eye-catching…
Revolutionary Robonaut 2 Readied at Rocket Ranch
[/caption] The payload for the next shuttle mission, STS-133 was on full display at Kennedy Space Center's Space Station Processing…
Tumbling Boulders Leave Trails on the Moon
[/caption] There's probably a great story in this image, if only someone was there to witness it as it happened!…
Einstein@Home Citizen Scientists Discover Weird Pulsar
[/caption] Hooray for citizen scientists! The Einstein@Home project has discovered a unusual pulsar approximately 17,000 light-years away in the constellation…
The Sun’s Conveyor Belt May Lengthen Solar Cycles
[/caption] The Sun seems to finally be waking up in earnest from the long slumber of the past cycle. Solar…
New Trojan Asteroid Discovered Around Neptune
[/caption] Astronomers have found a new object in a region of Neptune’s orbit, tucked away in a very hard-to-find location,…
Tonight the Planets and Perseids Put on a Show For Free
Just a reminder: It's time to head up on the roof, to the backyard, the pasture, the mountaintop --- wherever…
What is Causing Weather Extremes in 2010?
[/caption] Massive rains in Pakistan, China and Iowa in the US. Drought, heat and unprecedented fires in Russia and western…
Spacewalkers Remove Failed Pump Module on ISS; Two More EVAs Needed to Complete Repairs
[/caption] Overcoming a disappointing spacewalk last weekend, today astronauts Doug Wheelock and Tracy Caldwell Dyson successfully removed the failed ammonia…
Where In The Universe Challenge #114
Here's this week's Where In The Universe Challenge. You know what to do: take a look at this image and…