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Back to the future with Neptune’s fascinating moon Triton
On the anniversary of Voyager 2's encounter with Neptune and Triton ... an awesome collection of restored Voyager 2 images, plus the link between Triton and Pluto.
August 25, 2014
Longest lunar month of 2014 starts on August 25
The longest lunar month of 2014 starts with the August 25 new moon and ends September 24. All you need to know about the varying lengths of the lunar months, here.
August 25, 2014
Your toothpaste’s fluorine was formed in a star
Next time you're brushing you teeth, think on this: New research suggests that the fluorine in your toothpaste originates from the sun’s dead ancestors.
August 22, 2014
New Voyager map reveals Neptune’s strange moon Triton
New map from a 1989 spacecraft flyby gives us a glimpse of an unseen world.
August 22, 2014
Wow! Spectacular landscape of star formation
New image of star-forming regions in southern Milky Way. Star cluster NGC 3603 is 20,000 light-years away. Glowing gas clouds NGC 3576 is about half as far.
August 20, 2014
Curiosity rover is having wheel problems
Mission planners didn't anticipate that Curiosity would be driving over an area on Mars that has sharp, pyramid-shaped rocks embedded in hard ground.
August 19, 2014
Strange case of M82 X-1: A rare midsize black hole
A black hole candidate known as M82 X-1 appears to have a mass of about 400 suns, making it one of only half a dozen suspected midsize black holes.
August 19, 2014
Video: Our Curiosity
A video love letter to the Curiosity rover on Mars, narrated by Neil DeGrasse Tyson and Felicia Day.
August 18, 2014
New video of Pluto and giant moon Charon
NASA's Pluto-bound New Horizons spacecraft created this new video of stills taken of the Pluto-Charon system over five days last month.
August 16, 2014
First dust grains from beyond our solar system
A collector dropped to Earth by the Stardust spacecraft may have contained the first known contemporary dust grains from outside our solar system.
August 14, 2014
