• January Skywatching: Ancient Constellation, Quadrantid Meteors and More | Video

    Updated: 2012-12-31 14:21:26
    The first month of 2013 features the Auriga constellation, double star Capella, up to 40 Quadrantids per hour during the showers peak, Jupiter and Saturn.

  • Moon and Jupiter Shine Over Hungarian Lake (Photo)

    Updated: 2012-12-31 12:38:42
    Night sky photographer Tamas Ladanyi shoots stunning image of the moon and Jupiter over a lake in Hévíz.

  • Vote Now! Top Space Stories of the Week - Dec. 30, 2012

    Updated: 2012-12-30 15:59:55
    What was your favorite space news story of the last week?

  • M81 Galaxy is Pretty in Pink

    Updated: 2012-12-29 23:37:54
    The perfectly picturesque spiral galaxy known as Messier 81, or M81, looks sharp in this new composite from NASA's Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes and NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer.

  • Best Space Pictures of the Week - Dec. 29, 2012

    Updated: 2012-12-29 15:03:03
    From a spacecraft that will sample asteroids to stunning images of lights across our black marble earth, don't miss these amazing space pictures.

  • Filaments in the Tarantula Nebula

    Updated: 2012-12-29 03:29:26
    Filaments of ionized gas in the proximity of the R136 cluster, which lies beyond the lower left edge of the photo.

  • Incredible NASA Photos Show Saturn's Rings and Clouds

    Updated: 2012-12-28 21:02:29
    NASA's Cassini probe has snapped stunning new views of Saturn and its moons.

  • Japan's Hayabusa2 Asteroid-Sampling Mission (Photos)

    Updated: 2012-12-28 19:53:58
    See images and art of Japan's Hayabusa2 asteroid-sampling mission launching in 2014.

  • Say Cheese! Mars Rover Curiosity Snaps Amazing Self-Portrait

    Updated: 2012-12-28 16:37:05
    The latest self-portrait of Curiosity on Mars is an eye-popping Martian sight.

  • Jupiter and Moon Dominate January Night Sky | Video

    Updated: 2012-12-28 14:48:08
    NASA points out a few things to keep an eye out for when looking skyward in January.

  • Stargazers Capture Stunning Reflection Nebula View (Photo)

    Updated: 2012-12-28 13:04:23
    Space photographers Bob and Janice Fera captured this spectacular view of the reflection nebula NGC 1333.

  • Massive Star Makes Waves

    Updated: 2012-12-28 04:32:09
    The giant star Zeta Ophiuchi is having a "shocking" effect on the surrounding dust clouds in this infrared image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.

  • APEX Image of a Star-forming Filament in Taurus

    Updated: 2012-12-28 04:31:05
    This image from the APEX telescope, of part of the Taurus Molecular Cloud, shows a sinuous filament of cosmic dust more than ten light-years long.

  • The VLT “Venus” and the Belt of Venus

    Updated: 2012-12-28 04:29:54
    Before another clear, starry night falls at ESO's Paranal Observatory, home of the Very Large Telescope (VLT), the sky produces a palette of intense colours, putting on a beautiful show for observers.

  • City Lights of the Americas

    Updated: 2012-12-27 20:45:30
    This image of North and South America at night is a composite assembled from data acquired by the Suomi NPP satellite in April and October 2012.

  • Mars Rover Curiosity Uses Holiday to Explore ‘Yellowknife Bay’ | Video

    Updated: 2012-12-27 16:41:59
    The Curiosity rover searched a shallow depression known as “Yellowknife Bay” to find a new rock to chemically analyze

  • NASA Unveils E-books on Hubble, Webb Space Telescopes

    Updated: 2012-12-27 11:07:24
    The new e-books chronicle NASA's iconic Hubble Space Telescope and preview its successor.

  • First 'Alien Earth' Will Be Found in 2013, Experts Say

    Updated: 2012-12-27 10:27:58
    The epic find should change the way humanity views its place in the universe.

  • Asteroid No Threat to Earth in 2040: Study

    Updated: 2012-12-26 22:44:17
    Astronomers confirm that asteroid 2011 AG5 won't hit Earth in 28 years.

  • SpaceX Grasshopper Makes Highest Hop yet

    Updated: 2012-12-26 14:52:17
    The SpaceX Grasshopper flew more than 130 feet (40 meters) into the air before landing successfully after 29 seconds of flight.

  • Last Full Moon of 2012 Rises Friday

    Updated: 2012-12-26 11:05:32
    The final full moon of the year rises into the sky on Friday, Dec. 28.

  • 100 Best Space Photos of 2012: Gallery

    Updated: 2012-12-17 20:58:11
    See our top 100 images of the year in space exploration and astronomy!

  • Slice of History: Viking Stereo Viewer

    Updated: 2012-12-05 01:20:14
    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/. Viking Stereo Viewer — Photograph Number 324-1954 This interactive computer-based stereo viewing system was used to analyze Mars topography images generated by the cameras on NASA’s Viking 1 Mars [...]

  • Short Puffs Keep Dawn Chugging Along

    Updated: 2012-12-05 01:07:15
    By Marc Rayman As NASA’s Dawn spacecraft makes its journey to its second target, the dwarf planet Ceres, Marc Rayman, Dawn’s chief engineer, shares a monthly update on the mission’s progress. Artist’s concept of NASA’s Dawn spacecraft at its next target, the protoplanet Ceres. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Dear Dawndroids, Dawn is continuing to gently and patiently change its orbit [...]

  • Slice of History: 1944 Map of JPL

    Updated: 2012-11-02 00:03:07
    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/. 1944 Map of JPL — Photograph Number HC 3-1294 On October 31, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., celebrated its 76th anniversary. It began with a few [...]

  • Dawn Comes Closer to Go Farther

    Updated: 2012-11-01 16:39:46
    By Marc Rayman As NASA’s Dawn spacecraft makes its journey to its second target, the dwarf planet Ceres, Marc Rayman, Dawn’s chief engineer, shares a monthly update on the mission’s progress. Artist’s concept of NASA’s Dawn spacecraft at its next target, the protoplanet Ceres. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Dear Indawnspensable Readers, Dawn is making good progress on the second segment [...]

  • A week of planets

    Updated: 2012-10-17 11:16:00
    Astronomy Blog You are : in Astronomy Blog archive A week of planets An astronomy blog usually but not always based in the UK . Pondering questions such as What is in an exoplanet name A week of planets It has been a busy few days of planetary discoveries and this might be down to people saving announcements up for the AAS's Division for Planetary Sciences meeting dps12 Yesterday saw the announcement of PH-1 as the first confirmed planet discovery by users of the Planet Hunters website . The planet is very interesting because it is in a 4 star system It orbits a double star which is orbited by another pair of stars at 1000 AU distance . In our solar system that would put the second pair 20 times further away that the Kuiper Belt but not as far as the start of the the Oort Cloud . You can

  • Slice of History: Is It a JPL Magic Trick?

    Updated: 2012-10-10 01:17:12
    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/. Is it a JPL magic trick? — Photograph 328-161Ac In 1960 through 1961, several different experiments were conducted at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., in search of [...]

  • Dawn’s Stellar Anniversary

    Updated: 2012-09-27 23:40:29
    By Marc Rayman As NASA’s Dawn spacecraft makes its journey to its second target, the dwarf planet Ceres, Marc Rayman, Dawn’s chief engineer, shares a monthly update on the mission’s progress. Artist’s concept of NASA’s Dawn spacecraft. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Dear Dawnniversaries, On the fifth anniversary of the beginning of its ambitious interplanetary adventure, Dawn can look back with [...]

  • A Lonely Planet

    Updated: 2012-09-24 17:40:00
    Astronomy Blog You are : in Astronomy Blog archive A Lonely Planet An astronomy blog usually but not always based in the UK . Pondering questions such as What is in an exoplanet name A Lonely Planet A few years ago I half-jokingly suggested that it would be great to have a Lonely Planet guidebook to Mars . Today I was reminded of that idea and even Lonely Planet joined in the conversation pointing out some others on their wish list So , I've mocked up how Lonely Planet Mars might . look A what if mock-up of a Lonely Planet guide for Mars click to embiggen Background : credit ESA DLR FU Berlin G . Neukum Tags : Mars Lonely Planet guidebook Posted in astro blog by Stuart on Monday 24th Sep 2012 17:40 BST Add a comment Permalink Comments : ADD A : COMMENT Don't provide an email URL unless

  • Mars Exploration

    Updated: 2012-09-08 23:19:00
    The Curiosity RoverHas Landed on Mars Keith Knott reports… Just over a month ago, on Monday, 6

  • APOD 500,000

    Updated: 2012-09-07 00:37:00
    It was only a year ago that I mentioned that @apod had 250,000 followers on Twitter. Since then it has doubled to 500,000. This growth could be some kind of network effect caused by more re-tweets making more people aware of the account. It could be that Twitter still has @apod as an auto-follow for new account signups. Perhaps there are just more spam accounts randomly following people. Whatever the cause, I've put in no effort other than to try to keep the daily updates going despite Twitter's increasingly locked-down API. - taken from Astronomy Blog (www.strudel.org.uk/blog/astro/)

  • CoS 128

    Updated: 2012-09-05 22:17:55
    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: 2012-09-05 22:17:52
    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: 2012-09-05 22:17:49
    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’s Split from Asteroid Vesta - Mission Insider Explains

    Updated: 2012-09-05 19:27:59
    By Marc Rayman As NASA’s Dawn spacecraft makes its journey to its second target, the dwarf planet Ceres, Marc Rayman, Dawn’s chief engineer, shares a monthly update on the mission’s progress. NASA’s Dawn spacecraft departed the giant asteroid Vesta on Sept. 04, 2012 PDT to begin its journey to a second destination, the dwarf planet Ceres, which [...]

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