Jason Major
NASA’s Particle-Hunting ISS-CREAM Will Be Anything But Vanilla
Balloon-based research on cosmic particles that began over a century ago will get a big boost next year -- all…
An Amazing Anniversary Image from the VLT
This Saturday will mark 15 years that the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT) first opened its eyes on…
A Mega-Merger of Massive Galaxies Caught in the Act
Even though the spacecraft has exhausted its supply of liquid helium coolant necessary to observe the infrared energy of the…
Engineering Students Develop a Super “Space Stethoscope”
Even though astronauts receive some general medical training in preparation for a stay aboard the ISS, most of them still…
Weird Gravity Waves Pulse From a Tropical Cyclone
Last Monday, May 13, the Suomi NPP satellite captured a fascinating image of Tropical Cyclone Mahasen as it moved northeast…
Mercury Shows Off Its Reds, Whites, and Blues
At first glance, the planet Mercury may bear a striking resemblance to our own Moon. True, both are heavily-cratered, airless…
Yet Another X-Class Flare From AR 1748
Last night, as Commander Hadfield and the Expedition 35 crew were returning to Earth in their Soyuz spacecraft, the Sun…
What Left These Spooky Trails in the Sky?
Ball lightning? Spectral orbs? Swamp gas? Early this morning, May 7, these eerie glowing trails were seen in the sky…
Claims of Tunguska Meteorite Fragments “Ridiculous,” Scientist Says
Last week, Russian researcher Andrei Zlobin announced that stony fragments collected from a riverbed in 1988 are "probably Tunguska meteorites,"…
Time-Lapse: Earth
If you couldn't tell, we love time-lapse videos... whether they're made of photos looking up at the sky from Earth…