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Partial solar eclipse on February 15
The new moon will take a bite out of the solar disk to stage a partial eclipse of the sun on February 15, 2018.
February 15, 2018
Interstellar asteroid’s tumble suggests a violent past
The 1st known interstellar asteroid - 'Oumuamua - is tumbling chaotically. A new study suggests its tumble resulted from a violent collision.
February 14, 2018
Watch ISS spacewalk Thursday
2 International Space Station (ISS) astronauts will perform a spacewalk on February 15. Live TV coverage starts at 10:30 UTC (5:30 a.m. EST). The spacewalk begins at 12:10 UTC (7:10 a.m. EST) and lasts about 6 hours.
February 13, 2018
Jupiter’s North Temperate Belt
Did you know that NASA encourages people to download the RAW images from Juno's ongoing flybys of Jupiter, and also to process them?
February 13, 2018
Moon’s bulge reveals its slow retreat from Earth
As the young moon receded from Earth and began spinning more slowly, its large equatorial bulge would have shrunk, cooled and hardened. Today, this fossil bulge on the moon tells a story about the early solar system.
February 13, 2018
Spacecraft snaps new farthest-from-Earth images
Voyager 1 captured its famous Pale Blue Dot image at a record distance in 1990. It took 27 years to beat that record, but now New Horizons has.
February 12, 2018
Blue-white Rigel at Orion’s foot
Rigel is far, some 775 light-years away. It must be extraordinarily luminous to be so distant yet shine so brightly in our sky.
February 12, 2018
Future cities built with volcanic ash?
After water, concrete is the world's most-used building material. MIT researchers worked with volcanic ash as a concrete additive and substantially reduced building costs.
February 11, 2018
Sunday morning moon and Saturn
An astrophotographer in Alamosa, Colorado, went outside before dawn to clear the snow. Then he noticed the moon and Saturn. That image and more, below.
February 11, 2018
Astronomers discover 1st possible exoplanets in another galaxy
“We are able to study them, unveil their presence and even have an idea of their masses. This is very cool science.”
February 11, 2018
