• Best Space Photos of the Week - March 31, 2012

    Updated: 2012-03-31 22:00:32
    See amazing views of a new supernova, a solar tornado and more in for the week of March 31, 2012.

  • April Fools' Day Asteroid to Buzz Earth Sunday: No Joke!

    Updated: 2012-03-31 16:25:11
    The asteroid 2012 EG5 will be closer than the moon when it passes Earth on April 1.

  • Strange Gamma-Ray Objects in Deep Space Perplex Scientists

    Updated: 2012-03-31 15:08:05
    Astronomers aren't sure what is causing these unidentified gamma-ray emissions in space.

  • Hunting Black Holes With Hard X-Rays - NASA's NuSTAR Mission | Video

    Updated: 2012-03-30 22:01:44
    Due to launch in the Spring of 2012, NASA's NuSTAR mission will scan for lively black holes, radioactive supernova remnants, galactic jets that shoot out at nearly light-speed and other sources of high-energy X-rays.

  • Venus Transit: Between Earth and a Hot Place | Video

    Updated: 2012-03-30 20:54:41
    The Morning Star appears to pass across the face of the Sun at regular intervals of 8, 121.5 and 105.5 years. In 2004, NASA's TRACE spacecraft captured the event and in June 2012 humans will see the last transit before the pair in 2117 and 2125.

  • Mystifying Space Cats Photo-Bomb Hubble Imagery | Video

    Updated: 2012-03-30 20:44:10
    April Fools! In a response to critics who believe NASA is photoshopping their content, here's a comical take on an Astronomical Image Enhancement Engineer whose main job is to remove the feisty felines who live in Space.

  • Apollo 11 Rocket Engine Recovery Project Explained (Infographic)

    Updated: 2012-03-30 19:44:33
    Learn how Amazon founder Jeff Bezos plans to raise sunken Apollo 11 moon rocket engines from the Atlantic Ocean floor in this infographic.

  • The 2012 Venus Transit: Complete Coverage

    Updated: 2012-03-30 19:34:01
    Get the latest news on the skywatching event of the year: the 2012 transit of Venus across the sun.

  • Venus Transit of 2004: 51 Photos of Rare Celestial Sight

    Updated: 2012-03-30 19:21:05
    See 51 views of the amazingly rare Venus transit of the sun of 2004 as seen by scientists and skywatchers around the world.

  • NASA Black Hole Probe to Hunt Galactic Hearts of Darkness

    Updated: 2012-03-30 19:20:34
    NASA's NuSTAR mission will peer through the dust and gas to see what what lies in the centers of other galaxies.

  • Alien vs. Editor: A Pigment of Your Imagination?

    Updated: 2012-03-30 17:50:10
    By Steve Edberg Alien vs. Editor is a forum for questions and answers about extrasolar planets and NASA’s search for life beyond our solar system. Leave your questions for author Steve Edberg and read more on the PlanetQuest website. Where would blue-skinned aliens exist? Joel asked: If you were to find aliens next to the sun, why would [...]

  • All Eyes on Asteroid Vesta

    Updated: 2012-03-30 16:59:40
    By Marc Rayman As NASA’s Dawn spacecraft investigates its first target, the giant asteroid Vesta, Marc Rayman, Dawn’s chief engineer, shares a monthly update on the mission’s progress. This image from NASA’s Dawn spacecraft shows a young crater on Vesta that is 9 miles (15 kilometers) in diameter. Layering is visible in the crater walls, as are [...]

  • Must-See Skywatching Events for April 2012

    Updated: 2012-03-30 16:27:40
    Skywatchers can look forward to seeing the Lyrid meteor shower and Venus at its brightest in April 2012.

  • How To Find Earth-like Planets: New Mission Plans | Video

    Updated: 2012-03-30 16:24:50
    NASA's Kepler Mission, a space-based telescopic camera, has discovered planets orbiting stars beyond our Sun. Though an Earth-like planet in the "Goldilocks Zone" hasn't yet been positively identified, astronomers believe it's just a matter of time.

  • Flowing Water on Mars? Strange Red Planet Features Stir Debate

    Updated: 2012-03-30 11:24:44
    Experts are divided over features on Mars called Recurring Slope Lineae

  • Venus and Pleiades Star Cluster Shine in Celestial Show Tuesday

    Updated: 2012-03-30 05:33:09
    Venus and the Pleiades star cluster will perform a cosmic sister act on April 3.

  • How Water on the Moon Could Fuel Space Exploration

    Updated: 2012-03-29 22:43:11
    Permanently shadowed craters near the moon's poles likely hold vast stores of water ice.

  • Haunting Photos of Saturn Moons Snapped by Cassini Spacecraft

    Updated: 2012-03-29 21:59:33
    The moons Enceladus, Janus and Dione shine in new pictures from Cassini.

  • NASA's New Mars Rover Will Explore Towering 'Mount Sharp'

    Updated: 2012-03-29 21:59:27
    The Curiosity rover will explore the huge mountain, which rises 3 miles above Mars' Gale Crater.

  • Star's Guts Flipped Inside-Out In Supernova Explosion | Video

    Updated: 2012-03-29 21:49:35
    X-ray observations of supernova Cassiopeia A by the orbiting Chandra X-ray Observatory show that some of the innermost elements are now located near the outer edges of the remnant; proof of the explosion's power </a

  • Amazing Nebula Photo Looks Like a Giant Human Head

    Updated: 2012-03-29 19:21:52
    Do you see the giant human head in this NASA photo?

  • Latest Saturn Photos From NASA's Cassini Orbiter

    Updated: 2012-03-29 18:22:57
    See images of the ringed planet from NASA's Cassini spacecraft in orbit around Saturn.

  • Huge 'Solar Tornado' Twists Across Sun's Surface in New Video

    Updated: 2012-03-29 12:34:59
    The storm spun solar gas at speeds up to 186,000 mph (300,000 kph).

  • New Milky Way Photo Captures 1 Billion Stars

    Updated: 2012-03-29 01:07:23
    The new photo captures perhaps 1 percent of our galaxy's stars.

  • Huge 'Tornado' Churns on Sun's Surface - Close-Up Video

    Updated: 2012-03-29 01:00:42
    A circular storm as wide as five Earths was captured churning on the Sun's surface on Sept. 25, 2011, by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft. Time-lapsed multiple filter views are looped in this video.

  • ATV-3 Cargo Ship Docks With Space Station | Video

    Updated: 2012-03-29 00:25:35
    Europe's Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV-3) named Edoardo Amaldi docked with the International Space Station at 6:31pm EST on March 28th, 2012.

  • Ancient Alien Planets Shake Up View of Early Universe

    Updated: 2012-03-28 19:48:11
    The two Jupiter-like alien worlds are 12.8 billion years old.

  • How Cosmic Collisions May Have Altered Earth's Evolution

    Updated: 2012-03-28 18:01:40
    Earth may have evolved very differently than scientists previously thought.

  • ATV Cargo Spaceship Lights Up Night Sky | Highlight Video

    Updated: 2012-03-28 16:46:39
    Europe's Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV-3) launched from French Guiana on March 23, 2012. Due to dock with the ISS on March 28th.

  • Jupiter May Help Supercharge Meteor Shower from Halley's Comet

    Updated: 2012-03-28 12:34:06
    Orionid outbursts result from a complex orbital interplay among Jupiter, Halley's Comet and its sloughed-off bits.

  • Photos: Amazing Views of the Famous Crab Nebula

    Updated: 2012-03-28 05:23:00
    The Crab Nebula is one of the most studied objects in space.

  • Photos: Russian Proton Rocket Launches Intelsat 22 Satellite

    Updated: 2012-03-28 05:11:15
    See amazing photos of the Intelsat 22 satellite launch.

  • Press Release: Asteroid 2012 DA14 Discovery Enabled by Planetary Society Grant

    Updated: 2012-03-15 07:00:00
    On the Planetary Society web site: Asteroid 2012 DA14 Discovery Enabled by Planetary Society Grant

  • Meteorites Stolen from University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy

    Updated: 2012-03-08 03:37:24
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  • Highs and Lows of Exploring the Giant Asteroid

    Updated: 2012-03-02 21:30:05
    By Marc Rayman As NASA’s Dawn spacecraft investigates its first target, the giant asteroid Vesta, Marc Rayman, Dawn’s chief engineer, shares a monthly update on the mission’s progress. This artist’s concept shows NASA’s Dawn spacecraft orbiting the giant asteroid Vesta. The depiction of Vesta is based on images obtained by Dawn’s framing cameras. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech | › [...]

  • Slice of History: Vice President Lyndon Johnson Visits JPL

    Updated: 2012-02-27 16:53:54
    By Julie Cooper Each month in “Slice of History” we feature a historical photo from the JPL Archives. See more historical photos and explore the JPL Archives at https://beacon.jpl.nasa.gov/. Vice President Lyndon Johnson Visits JPL — Photograph Number P-1723A On October 4, 1961, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson visited NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. In [...]

  • A Look Inside Dawn’s Grand Asteroid Adventure

    Updated: 2012-02-02 01:03:11
    By Marc Rayman As NASA’s Dawn spacecraft investigates its first target, the giant asteroid Vesta, Marc Rayman, Dawn’s chief engineer, shares a monthly update on the mission’s progress. The south pole of the giant asteroid Vesta, as imaged by the framing camera on NASA’s Dawn spacecraft in September 2011. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA | › Full image and caption [...]

  • Slice of History: Surveyor 3 Camera Returned from the Moon

    Updated: 2012-01-24 20:35:04
    By Julie Cooper Each month in “Slice of History” we feature a historical photo from the JPL Archives. See more historical photos and explore the JPL Archives at https://beacon.jpl.nasa.gov/. Surveyor 3 Camera Returned from the Moon — Photograph Number P-10709B In November 1969 Apollo 12 astronauts Alan Bean and Pete Conrad landed on the moon less than 600 [...]

  • CoS 128

    Updated: 2012-01-16 01:49:04
    I've been busy catching up on my classes, so I haven't posted anything lately.  But, you can catch up on lots of great space-related blog posts at the 128th Carnival of Space, being hosted this week at the AARTScope Blog. -Astroprof

  • Electrostatic Radiation Shielding

    Updated: 2012-01-16 01:49:01
    Clearly carrying heavy shielding to protect astronauts from radiation in space is expensive.  If you havent' been reading my space radiation series as I've been posting, then you can look over the last several of my postings about space radiation to see some of the problems.  So, some other strategy ...

  • Cosmic Rays

    Updated: 2012-01-16 01:48:59
    Part 3 of my series on space radiation is about the radiation itself.  The term cosmic rays is generally used to describe this radiation.  Unfortunately, as often happens, the term evolved before the nature of the phenomenon being studied was known, so it may not be the best term to ...

  • Dawn Longs to be Closer to Asteroid Vesta

    Updated: 2012-01-12 21:43:39
    By Marc Rayman As NASA’s Dawn spacecraft investigates its first target, the giant asteroid Vesta, Marc Rayman, Dawn’s chief engineer, shares a monthly update on the mission’s progress. This image, one of the first obtained by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft in its low altitude mapping orbit, shows part of the rim of a fresh crater on the giant [...]

  • Viewing Times and Tips for Saturday Morning’s Lunar Eclipse

    Updated: 2011-12-09 20:20:48
    By Steve Edberg The last lunar eclipse until 2014 will grace the sky on Saturday, Dec. 10. Steve Edberg, an astronomer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, shares the best viewing times and tips. For more lunar eclipse resources and to join NASA/JPL’s “I’m There: Lunar Eclipse” event, visit http://1.usa.gov/uBfAI8. Keith Burns submitted this winning photo of the [...]

  • Getting the Lowdown on Asteroid Vesta

    Updated: 2011-12-05 18:59:40
    By Marc Rayman As NASA’s Dawn spacecraft investigates its first target, the giant asteroid Vesta, Marc Rayman, Dawn’s chief engineer, shares a monthly update on the mission’s progress. This 3-D video incorporates images from the framing camera instrument aboard NASA’s Dawn spacecraft from July to August 2011. The images were obtained as Dawn approached Vesta and circled [...]

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