Jason Major
Watch the “Blood Moon” Eclipse from Mercury
Yes, it's another time-lapse of the October 8 lunar eclipse that was observed by skywatchers across half the Earth… except…
OMG Interstellar Trailer 3
This. Watch. Now. Chris Nolan's Interstellar, in theaters November 7. Visit the (also very cool) movie site here.
Alleged Meteor Caught on Russian Dash Cam (Again)
Thanks to the ubiquitousness of dashboard-mounted video cameras in Russia yet another bright object has been spotted lighting up the…
There Are No Such Things As Black Holes
That's the conclusion reached by one researcher from the University of North Carolina: black holes can't exist in our Universe --…
MESSENGER Completes Second Burn to Maintain Mercury Orbit
A little over a week before NASA's MAVEN spacecraft fired its rockets to successfully enter orbit around Mars, MESSENGER performed a…
Philae Snaps a Spacetastic Selfie
Spacecraft "selfies" are always a treat and this one is doubly awesome: taken by the Philae lander piggybacked onto ESA's…
Enjoy This Eye-Meltingly Awesome Photo of Our Sun
Here's yet another glorious photo of our home star, captured and processed by New York artist and photographer Alan Friedman on…
Take a Flight Over a Massive Aurora
Post by Alexander Gerst. Or perhaps I should say "eine grosse Aurora!" ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst made this time-lapse of a…
Stolen Meteorite Found at a Tennis Court
Here's a bit of good news: the Serooskerken meteorite, which was stolen from the Sonnenborgh Museum and Observatory in Utrecht,…
A Piece of Vesta Has Been Stolen!
Calling all meteorite collectors and enthusiasts! There's a hot space rock at large and, as Indiana Jones would say, it…