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Meet Steve, A Most Peculiar Aurora

A Canadian photographer captures a hot river of glowing gas so peculiar that no one knew at first what it…

7 years ago

SS John Glenn Arrives at Space Station with Science and Supplies

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - The SS John Glenn commercial Cygnus resupply vessel arrived at the International Space Station early…

7 years ago

Soyuz Launches and Fast Track Docks to ISS with Russian-American Duo

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - A new Russian/American duo has arrived at the International Space Station this morning, April 20,…

7 years ago

Rosetta Images Show Comet’s Changing Surface Close Up

Recently-released images from the Rosetta space probe show how the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko changes over time

8 years ago

Warm Poles Suggest Enceladus’ Liquid Water Near Surface

One of the biggest surprises from the Cassini mission to Saturn has been the discovery of active geysers at the…

8 years ago

NASA Webb Telescope Resumes Rigorous Vibration Qualification Tests

Engineers have resumed a series of critical and rigorous vibration qualification tests on NASA’s mammoth James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)…

8 years ago

Merry Christmas From Space 2016

As we celebrate the Christmas tidings of 2016 here on Earth, a lucky multinational crew of astronauts and cosmonauts celebrate…

8 years ago

Sentinel-1 Satellites Confirm San Francisco’s Millenium Tower Is Sinking

Radar mapping of San Francisco's Bay Area has verified the slow sinking of a luxury skyscraper.

8 years ago

Schiaparelli’s One Second Of Terror

Investigators have made progress into determining the cause of the Schiaparelli accident, which appears to be due to a temporary…

8 years ago

Best Photos Yet of the Mars Lander’s Demise

New photos from NASA's Mars orbiter reveal the Schiaparelli lander crash in finer detail.

8 years ago