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Space shuttle Atlantis liftoff seen from above
Space shuttle Atlantis blasted off from Cape Canaveral at 10:29 a.m. CDT (15:29 UTC) on July 8, 2011 for a final mission. This amazing photo captured the launch from above.
July 10, 2011
Space shuttle Atlantis up and away one last time
NASA's space shuttle Atlantis successfully blasted from Cape Canaveral on Friday, July 8, 2011. It is NASA's final space shuttle mission.
July 8, 2011
Giant thunderstorm on Saturn in images
The Cassini spacecraft delivers imagery of a massive thunderstorm on Saturn eight times the surface area of Earth.
July 7, 2011
Hubble Space Telescope’s one-millionth observation
The Hubble Space Telescope made its millionth observation during a search for water in the atmosphere of a planet 1,000 light-years away.
July 6, 2011
Clocking Neptune’s mysterious spin
A day on Neptune lasts 15 hours, 57 minutes and 59 seconds, according to the first accurate measurement of its rotational period.
July 3, 2011
Brightest quasar in early universe found
The quasar ULAS J1120+0641 is the brightest object yet discovered in the early universe, powered by a black hole with a mass two billion times that of the sun.
June 30, 2011
Asteroid close miss of Earth June 27
An asteroid the size of an RV motor home will narrowly miss striking Earth on June 27. Read more about the asteroid close miss.
June 27, 2011
In early universe, galaxies were awake or asleep, says study
Astronomers captured light from 40,000 galaxies and discovered that even in the early universe, galaxies were either awake or asleep.
June 27, 2011
Pandora’s cluster unveiled with new clues
Astronomers use various telescopes to piece together the complex history of Pandora's cluster, showing a pile-up of at least four separate galaxy clusters.
June 26, 2011
Spacecraft rendezvous with icy world: But which one?
The New Horizons spacecraft will have enough fuel for a side trip to a frozen object near Pluto, and IceHunters wants your help in picking the spacecraft rendezvous.
June 26, 2011
