Nancy Atkinson
Satellite Images Show a Trillion Ton Iceberg Broke Off Antarctica
For several months, scientists have been keeping an eye on a piece of Antarctica’s Larsen C ice shelf, waiting for…
New Horizons Team Already Finding Surprises on Next Flyby Target
While the New Horizons spacecraft was heading to Pluto, scientists from the mission used Hubble and other telescopes to try…
Watch Live 24-Hour Webcast for International Asteroid Day
Every day, Earth is hit by 60 to 300 metric tons of space dust and smaller meteoroids. But sometimes, larger…
No, NASA (Still) Has Not Discovered Proof of Alien Life
It seems that every few months or so, breathless claims surface on the internet that NASA is about to make…
Amazing Video: Watch SpaceX’s Dragon in Flight, as Seen From the Ground
Always on the lookout for interesting events in the skies, astrophotographer Thierry Legault has captured an incredible video of SpaceX's…
Best Jupiter Images From Juno … So Far
The original plans for the Juno mission to Jupiter didn’t include a color camera. You don’t need color images when…
Stunning View of the Crab Nebula Just Got Five Times Better
Images of the Crab Nebula are always a treat because it has such intriguing and varied structure. Also, just knowing…
Explody Eta Aquarid Meteor Caught in the Act
An Eta Aquarid meteor captured on video by astrophotographer Justin Ng shows an amazing explodingred meteor and what is known…
Air Force’s Secret X-37B Space Plane Lands After 718 Days in Orbit
The Air Force’s secretive X-37B space plane landed at the Kennedy Space Center’s orbiter runway on Sunday, May 7, after…
A Survivor’s Tale: Cassini Lives Through First Ring Dive
One down, twenty-one to go! The Cassini spacecraft survived the first dive through the narrow gap between Saturn and its…