Nancy Atkinson
This is the View You Get Staring out of the Space Station’s Cupola Module
Those lucky few who have the incredible opportunity to see the Earth from space often report the view gives them…
Thousands Saw a UFO in New Jersey. It was the Goodyear Blimp
It was like the opening scene from a movie: cars pulled over on a busy freeway, with everyone gawking in…
Sunrises Across the Solar System
Scientists have learned a lot about the atmospheres on various worlds in our Solar System simply from planetary sunrises or…
Bennu is Constantly Getting Sandblasted by Tiny Meteoroids
As soon as the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft arrived at asteroid Bennu in December 2018, there was a big surprise. Scientists expected…
Can you tell the difference between California, Venus, Titan and Mars? Hint: California is the one with buildings.
Californians woke up to an alien-looking sky this morning, Wednesday, September 9, 2020. (more…)
There are Three Asteroids Hiding in this Animation, See If You Can Find Them
This summer, the European Space Agency’s Near-Earth Object Coordination Centre (NEOCC) started posting “riddles” or challenges on their website. These…
Hubble’s Photo of the Cygnus Loop is, Of Course, Incredible
If you’re a Star Trek fan, you may think the above image portrays the "Nexus" from the movie Star Trek:…
Comet NEOWISE Was Spiraling and Spinning as it Passed by Earth
Earlier this week, we shared an image of Comet NEOWISE (C/2020 F3) taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. And now,…
It Rained So Hard on Ancient Mars that Craters Filled Up and Overflowed
Figuring out the ancient climate on Mars has been tricky. While evidence gathered from orbit and on the surface seems…
Everyone Took Pictures of Comet NEOWISE, Including Hubble
This summer we were (finally) treated to a spectacular, naked-eye comet, C/2020 F3 NEOWISE. And while seeing it with our…