space
How Cold is Space?
If you could travel from world to world, from star to star, out into the gulfs of intergalactic space, you’d…
It’s Cassini in Motion: Watch the First Teaser for “In Saturn’s Rings”
It's been 9 years (to the day, in fact) since the Cassini spacecraft first entered orbit around Saturn and ever…
Amazing Astrophoto: The North American Nebula by Mick Hyde
Here's a truly gorgeous image by astrophotographer Mick Hyde, a mosaic of NGC 7000 (the North American nebula) and the…
An Amazing Anniversary Image from the VLT
This Saturday will mark 15 years that the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT) first opened its eyes on…
Time-Lapse: Earth
If you couldn't tell, we love time-lapse videos... whether they're made of photos looking up at the sky from Earth…
This Week in Space Pics – April 5, 2013
So much space awesomeness this week. Satellites collect more than just pretty pictures. NASA's Earth Observatory website released this temperature…
Book Review: Vistas of Many Worlds
While many astronomy books are based around images that show us how the Universe appears to us right now, as…
Book Review: Your Ticket to the Universe
Every once in a while an astronomy book comes out that combines stunning high-definition images from the world's most advanced…
Another Amazing Earth View: The Andes Under a Blue Pacific Fog
View of the Andes from the ISS on Feb. 4, 2013 (NASA) Even though he's a busy guy, Expedition 34…
There’s Poop on the Moon
When the Apollo boys visited the Moon back in the '60s and '70s they left more than just some experiments,…