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Haiku for Mars: Winners Selected for MAVEN Mission
Fans of Mars and spaceflight waxed poetic as the haiku selected to travel to Mars aboard the MAVEN spacecraft were…
The 2013 Perseid Meteor Shower: An Observer’s Guide
Get set for the meteoritic grand finale of summer. Northern hemisphere summer that is. As we head into August, our…
Comets Could Arise Closer To Earth, Study Suggests
There's a potential "cometary graveyard" of inactive comets in our solar system wandering between Mars and Jupiter, a new Colombian…
Rumors of Comet ISON ‘Fizzling’ May be Greatly Exaggerated
A press release out yesterday about a recent paper on Comet ISON has caused a mild uproar across the astronomy-minded…
Comet ISON is Spewing Out Carbon Dioxide and Dust
As part of the Comet ISON Observing Campaign, the Spitzer Space Telescope was used to “stare” at the comet for…
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Curiosity Interview with Project Manager Jim Erickson-Part 2-Dealing with Dunes and Comet ISON on the Road to Mt. Sharp
Curiosity On the Road to Mount Sharp and treacherous Sand Dunes - Sol 338 - July 19 Curiosity captured this…
Stars, Galaxies, and Comet ISON Grace a New Image from Hubble
This image of the steadily-approaching Comet ISON, made from observations with the Hubble Space Telescope on April 30, show not…
Amateur Astronomer Discovers Comet C/2013 N4 (Borisov) During a Star Party
Ukrainian amateur astronomer Gennady Borisov discovered a brand new comet on July 8 near the bright star Capella in the…
Comet ISON: The Timelapse Hubble Movie
The Hubble Space Telescope team has released a video of Comet ISON as it is tearing toward its encounter with…
We’ve Found 10,000 Near-Earth Objects. How To Step Up The Search?
That pale white dot up there? No. 10,000 in a list of near-Earth objects. This rock, 2013 MZ5, was discovered June…