Cosmic-Ray Intensity Hits 50-Year High
[/caption] Planning a trip to Mars? Take plenty of shielding. According to sensors on NASA's ACE (Advanced Composition Explorer) spacecraft,…
NASA’s Version of Star Trek Replicator Ready for On Orbit Test
[/caption] It's not quite like requesting "Tea, Earl Grey, hot" and having a steaming drink appear, but almost. The Electron…
LCROSS Team Changes Target Crater for Impact
[/caption] Based on new analysis of the latest lunar data, the science team for NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing…
Carnival of Space #122
[/caption] This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Stuart Atkinson over at Cumbrian Sky (who created the latest "water…
Picture of Earth from Space
Looking for a picture of Earth from Space? Here is a collection. [/caption] Here's a spectacular image of the earth…
Pictures of Islands
Here are some cool pictures of islands... from space! [/caption] This is a picture of South Georgia Island, one of…
Spectacular Soyuz Rollout Images
[/caption] NASA photographer Bill Ingalls is in Russia at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, capturing the rollout of the Soyuz…
Giga Galaxy Zoom Trilogy Now Complete
[/caption] "Now the circle is complete. When I left you, I was but the learner, and now..." Oh, sorry, different…
The Arctic Circle
[/caption] The Arctic Circle is a region on Earth that is marked as one of the five major circles of…
Summer Solstice
The summer solstice occurs once a year, and there is also a winter solstice each year. During both solstices, the…