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Large sunspot region now facing Earth, might produce X-flare today
NOAA forecasters are also estimating a 30% to 45% chance of polar geomagnetic storms on January 17, 2013 when a CME is expected to hit Earth's magnetic field.
January 17, 2013
Curiosity rover on Mars poised to have its drilling debut
See what the Curiosity rover sees as it's poised on the edge of a possible first drilling site on Mars. It might start drilling a few days from now.
January 15, 2013
Video: Final footage before GRAIL moon mission crash landing
This final, breathtaking footage from the successful GRAIL moon mission was taken just six miles (10 kilometers) above the moon's surface on December 14, 2012.
January 14, 2013
Asteroid Apophis to sweep closely past Earth on January 9, 2013
At present, there's a remote chance that Apophis will strike us in 2036. It's expected to drop to zero after the early 2013 pass of Apophis near Earth.
January 8, 2013
Habitable zone around stars might be larger than we think
Could life survive on a world whose orbit around a distant sun was extremely oblong and eccentric? Such a world would have periods of extreme heat and cold.
January 7, 2013
NASA’s 3-minute solar cycle primer
NASA's solar cycle primer illuminates mysteries of the sun.
January 6, 2013
Asteroid 2011 AG5 will not collide with Earth in 2040
An asteroid you might not have known to worry about has been given the all-clear.
December 21, 2012
Will the solar system planets align on December 21, 2012?
The image in this post shows the planets in our solar system on December 21, 2012. Do they look aligned to you?
December 21, 2012
Ultramassive black holes: How big can a black hole get?
A survey of 18 giant black holes shows that at least ten may weigh between 10 and 40 billion times the mass of the sun. Astronomers have dubbed these "ultramassive" black holes.
December 20, 2012
Astronomers identify stars in the Milky Way’s central bar
Our Milky Way is a barred spiral galaxy. Now astronomers say they have identified some individual stars making up the bar.
December 19, 2012
