Strange Lunar Swirls
Point your telescope at the Moon, and you might see features known as Lunar Swirls. These flat features look like…
NASA Working on Solution for Hubble’s Camera
NASA officials announced today that the malfunctioning main camera for the Hubble Space Telescope should be back online by July…
GPS Can Predict Tsunamis
After the terrible tsunami damage caused by the Sumatra earthquake in December 2004, scientists have been searching for strategies to…
Saturn’s Tiny Moon Polydeuces
We're accustomed to seeing photographs of Saturn's larger moons, like Titan, Dione and Enceladus. Here's an image of one of…
First West Coast Delta IV Launch is Successful
A Boeing Delta IV rocket blasted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base on Wednesday, carrying a surveillance satellite for the…
Two Dust Disks Around Beta Pictoris
Detailed photographs of nearby star Beta Pictoris by the Hubble Space Telescope show that it's circled by two disks of…
Double Vortex at Venus’ South Pole
New images from ESA's Venus Express confirm that the cloud-covered planet has twin atmospheric vortexes at its southern pole. Previous…
Rotating Disk Could Contain Newly Forming Planets
Astronomers from the University of St. Andrews have found evidence that a ring of dust around nearby Epsilon Eridani is…
Astrophoto: Just North of Antares by Steve Crouch
When you gaze towards a clear moonless night sky, the stars appear as points of light - most are colorless.…
Enceladus and Janus
This photograph, captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows Saturn's moons Enceladus and Janus. Also visible is Saturn's F ring, including…