Earth
What is Airglow?
[/caption] In many of the photos that we have featured recently from astronauts aboard the International Space Station, a glowing…
What Would Earth Look Like from a Distant Star?
As the number of discovered extrasolar planets grows, astronomers begin looking at the next step: finding rocky Earth-like planets. In…
Fires in the Sky, Fires on the Ground
[/caption] With all of the activity that's been occurring on the Sun recently, the aurorae have been exceptionally bright…
It Turns Out Some Borders *Are* Visible from Space
[/caption] There is an oft-repeated and perhaps beautiful saying that you can't see political borders from space. Well, it turns…
Got Drought? Just Tow in an Iceberg
[/caption] As an April Fool’s joke in 1978, Australian businessman Dick Smith claimed he was towing an iceberg from Antarctica…
Manhattan-Sized Ice Island Seen From Space
[/caption] Taken by NASA astronaut and Expedition 27 flight engineer Ron Garan, this image shows the Petermann Ice Island (PII-A)…
Comet Elenin: Just Passing By
[/caption] It starts out innocently enough: a small speck against a field of background stars, barely noticeable in the image…
GOCE Data Close Up: Around the World in Lumpy, Geoidy 3-D
[/caption] Grab your red/cyan 3-D glasses and take a look at these marvelous new anaglyphs created by Nathanial Burton-Bradford from…
Arctic Ozone Levels Reach All-Time Low
In the past, massive ozone loss over Antarctica has grabbed the headlines. But this year, measurements by several different sources…
From the Earth and Moon (and Russia) With Love
[/caption] This stunning picture of the Moon and Earth was taken by Russia's new Elektro-L spacecraft, a weather-forecasting satellite that…