ISS Change of Command as Russian American Crew readies Earth return
[/caption] ISS Station Commander Jeff Williams, from NASA, handed over command of the massive orbiting outpost to Russian cosmonaut Oleg…
STS-134 Does Star Trek with New Poster
[/caption] I love the crew posters that NASA has been creating lately, and this one is especially cool. If you…
Spitzer Spies Earliest Black Holes
[/caption] The Spitzer Space Telescope has found what appear to be two of the earliest and most primitive supermassive black…
Answer to Universe Puzzle No. 5 Now Posted
I've now posted the answer in the original post. Check back next week for another Universe Puzzle!
Where In The Universe #96
It’s time once again for another Where In The Universe Challenge. Test your visual knowledge of the cosmos by naming…
Planck Reveals Giant Dust Structures in our Local Neighborhood
Dust has never looked so beautiful! This new image from the Planck spacecraft shows giant filaments of cold dust stretching…
Beautiful Cosmic Barbeque Pit
NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE has been a busy spacecraft since its launch on Dec. 14, 2009. It…
You Too Can Find Missing Russian Spacecraft
On Monday, NASA released the complete set of science data from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera’s first six months of…
New Images Unlock Secrets of Jupiter’s Red Spot
It's difficult enough to track the weather on Earth, but with new thermal images of Jupiter's Great Red Spot, scientists…
Cassini the Artist: Shadows, Ringshine, Double Crescent Moons
[/caption] I often ponder whether the Cassini spacecraft is a better scientist or artist. I found three recent images from…