Oh, to be a stranded astronaut on the surface of the planet Mars this week. There’s a great scene from…
With excitement building as Comet Siding Spring rapidly approaches the Red Planet, we'll soon have the opportunity to spot it…
October 2014 means eclipse season 2 of 2 for the year is upon us. Don’t fear the ‘Blood Moon’ that’s…
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Broadcast live streaming video on Ustream NASA will make a "major announcement" today on the return of human spaceflight launches…
The image of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko was taken by Rosetta’s OSIRIS narrow-angle camera on 3 August 2014 from a distance of…
ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft on final approach to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in early August 2014. This collage of navcam imagery from Rosetta…
The Cygnus commercial cargo craft is rapidly closing in on the International Space Station (ISS) for an expected berthing on…
As readers of Universe Today know, exoplanets are one of the hottest topics in astronomy today. In just the past…
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