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A dramatic vista on Mars
The Mars Curiosity rover is making its way toward the base of Mount Sharp, which is the central peak in the martian Gale Crater.
March 3, 2014
‘Impossible’ shots of Milky Way over city in new video
"This movie aims to ... inspire more astrophotographers residing in heavily light polluted cities to unveil the beauty of the elusive Milky Way galaxy." - Justin Ng
March 1, 2014
Can Hubble Space Telescope observe Earth?
What if you could point the Hubble Space Telescope downward, toward Earth. What would it see?
February 28, 2014
Mercury returns to the eastern, predawn sky
Mercury has returned to the east before dawn. It'll have a long apparition extending through April. Start watching Mercury now, and enjoy it for a month!
February 28, 2014
No new moon for February 2014
In nearly all months, the moon goes through all four major phases - new, first quarter, full, last quarter. February 2014 doesn't have a new moon.
February 28, 2014
Closest, brightest supernova in decades is also a little weird, say astronomers
Analysis of the supernova discovered last month is suggesting to Berkeley scientists that what we think of as ‘normal’ supernovae behavior is actually unusual.
February 27, 2014
Kepler confirms a whopping 715 new planets
Some of the new worlds are similar in size to Earth and orbit in the habitable zone of their parent stars.
February 26, 2014
Dramatic photos of Venus disappearing behind the moon
Ravindra Aradhya in Bangalore, India caught these dramatic photos of the February 26 daytime occultation of the planet Venus by the moon.
February 26, 2014
X-flare! Most intense flare of 2014 so far
The sun unleashed the most intense category of solar flare - a X-flare - on February 25 at 0057 UTC.
February 25, 2014
Bright meteor, aka a fireball, over U.S. East on February 24
These bright meteors are natural and frequent, given Earth as a whole. They are space debris that enter Earth's atmosphere and burn up due to friction with the air.
February 25, 2014
