NASA’s Curiosity rover is providing vital insight about Mars’ past and current environments that will aid plans for future robotic and human missions. In a little…
Read the articleEnjoy views of the martian north pole from all angles in this new animation from ESA’s Mars Express. The ice cap has a diameter of about…
Read the articleThis montage of time-lapse photography from the International Space Station is collected from many taken in Expeditions 29, 30 and 31. The previous sequence, ‘All Alone…
Read the articleData from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has revealed faint remnants of a supernova explosion and helped researchers determine Circinus X-1 — an X-ray binary — is…
Read the articleNASA’s Cassini spacecraft has obtained the highest-resolution movie yet of a unique six-sided jet stream, known as the hexagon, around Saturn’s north pole. This is the…
Read the articleUsing the powerful eye of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, two teams of scientists have found faint signatures of water in the atmospheres of five distant planets.…
Read the articleAAVSO Alert Notice 491 V556 Serpentis = Nova Ser 2013 = PNV J18090346-1112345 December 2, 2013 Event: V556 Serpentis = Nova Ser 2013 = PNV J18090346-1112345…
Read the articleI’ve held off posting about Comet ISON’s fate following its close encounter with the Sun as conflicting reports about whether it survived the encounter or not…
Read the articleEvery year in mid-December the sky fills with flashes of light shooting out of the constellation Gemini. The Geminids are fast, bright, and reliable. They never…
Read the articleIf you have a smartphone, take it out and run your fingers along the glass surface. It’s cool to the touch, incredibly thin and strong, and…
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