Mars Has Been Cold for Billions of Years
With the evidence turned up by the Mars Exploration Rovers, the Red Planet was once warm enough to have liquid…
Next Mars Orbiter Will Launch August 10
NASA's next mission to the Red Planet, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), is in the final stages of preparation for…
Astrophoto: Callisto Transit by Leonard E. Mercer
Leonard E. Mercer took this image of Jupiter with Callisto Transit. Also Europa, Callisto, Ganymede & Io are visible in…
Astrophoto: Lunar Trio By Tom Orff
Astrophotographer Tom Orff took this Moon picture of the three major lunar craters; Theophilus, Cyrillus and Catharina, on the 28th…
Astrophoto: The Sun by Monty Leventhal
Monty Leventhal took this filtergram of the Sun on the 14th July from Sydney, Australia. Monty used a 10" Meade…
Astrophoto: Sun Spots by Kari Kuure
Kari A. Kuure took this picture of the Sun on the 9th of July from Tampere, Finland.Kari used a 150/20063…
Astrophoto: North America Nebula by Lorenzo Comolli
Lorenzo Comolli took this beautiful picture of North America Nebula on the 16th of May 2002 in Capanne di Cosola,…
Astrophoto: Sagittarius Region by Bert Verstraete
Astrophotographer Bert Verstraete took this picture of the Sagittarius region in October 1997, with 10 minute exp , F3.5 28mm…
Astrophoto: Moon and Jupiter by Karen Breytenbach
Karen Breytenbach took this picture of the moon and Jupiter on the 13th of July from Johannesburg, South Africa. Karen…
Astrophoto: M100 Spiral Galaxy by Tom Diana
Astrophotographer Tom Diana took this picture of M100 - Spiral Galaxy in Coma Berenices from his backyard observatory in southeast…