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Juno captured starship-like view of Earth and moon
The closest we've come yet to being on the bridge of the starship Enterprise, but this time it's Earth on the view screen. Thanks, Juno spacecraft!
December 10, 2013
Proposed step to help society prepare for a solar storm disaster
"We would like space weather users, operators of systems, and policy makers adopt this event immediately and do war game scenarios with it." - Daniel Baker
December 10, 2013
Photo: New details in nearby starburst galaxy M82
Streamers of material are seen fleeing the disk of the galaxy, while concentrations of dense molecular gas surround pockets of intense star formation.
December 10, 2013
Video: Flying over an extraterrestrial land of lakes
Saturn's moon Titan ... we're talking about you! These lakes aren't water, by the way. They're liquid hydrocarbons.
December 10, 2013
New observations where stars end and brown dwarfs begin
Georgia State University astronomers say they have found observational evidence for the theoretically predicted break between very low-mass stars and brown dwarfs.
December 9, 2013
Outburst of Andromedid meteors may continue tonight
Watch for a possible continuation of the unexpected Andromedid meteor outburst tonight! The Geminid meteor shower is now rising to a peak, too.
December 9, 2013
Have we seen the last of Comet ISON?
Comet ISON is now thought to be a traveling debris field, with no solid nucleus or core. Will we see the debris field from Earth? No one knows yet.
December 6, 2013
Best view of Saturn hexagon
The Saturn hexagon is a unique six-sided jet stream, a current of air, around Saturn's north pole.
December 6, 2013
The intricate flow of Comet Lovejoy’s tail
Astronomers used the Subaru Telescope to capture this image of Comet Lovejoy's tail on December 3, 2013. This comet is now visible in earthly skies.
December 6, 2013
Astronomers discover planet that shouldn’t be there
The discovery of a giant planet orbiting its star at 650 times the average Earth-sun distance has astronomers puzzled over how such a strange system came to be.
December 5, 2013
