Jason Major
A Volcanic View of Mercury
Here on Earth we're used to seeing volcanoes as towering mountains with steam-belching peaks or enormous fissures oozing lava. But…
An Unexpected Ending for Deep Impact
After almost 9 years in space that included an unprecedented July 4th impact and subsequent flyby of a comet, an…
Feast Your Mind on This: Strange “Brain Terrain” on Mars
It doesn't take much thought to understand why this landscape on Mars is called "brain terrain" -- the swirling lobes…
Rocket Frog, Space Bat, and Now… a Launch Armadillo?
At 4:10 a.m. EDT this morning an Atlas V rocket launched from Cape Canaveral carrying the U.S. Air Force's Advanced Extremely…
A “Mini Jet” Juts from Saturn’s F Ring
We all know that Saturn's moon Enceladus has a whole arsenal of geysers jetting a constant spray of ice out…
Humanoid Shape Spotted on Mercury
You've all heard of the "face on Mars" and the "man in the Moon" -- well I guess this would…
This Company Wants To Send Robots Into Lunar Caves
Ever since (and most likely long before) the first tantalizing glimpses of a lunar lava tube and skylight were captured…
“Oddball” Asteroid is Really a Comet
It's a case of mistaken identity: a near-Earth asteroid with a peculiar orbit turns out not to be an asteroid…
A Mercurial Milestone: 1,000 Featured Images from MESSENGER!
It's been nearly two and a half years since the NASA-sponsored MESSENGER mission entered orbit around Mercury -- the first…
Supermassive Black Holes Keep Galaxies From Getting Bigger
It's long been a mystery for astronomers: why aren't galaxies bigger? What regulates their rates of star formation and keeps…