Sign Up for Our Amazing Newsletter!
A daily update by email. Science news, great photos, sky alerts.
Thank you! Your submission has been received!
Oops! Something went wrong while submitting the form.
Super-close views of Mercury
The MESSENGER spacecraft is now dropping closer to Mercury, and long anticipated, super-close views of the planet are beginning to come in.
July 29, 2014
Orion returns
Orion has been called "the ghost of the shimmering summer dawn." The Hunter rises on his side, with his three Belt stars pointing straight up.
July 27, 2014
Best photos 2013 Perseid meteor shower
Many images of the 2013 Perseid meteor shower, posted as meteor season 2014 begins!
July 25, 2014
Fox takes a nap on Ottawa city bus
Aww! An employee found this fox snoozing inside an Ottawa city bus on Sunday morning, July 20.
July 23, 2014
Rising Milky Way, laser light show, Singapore, July 21
Singapore is big on laser light shows. Has them every night! Justin Ng offers the "impossible:" Milky Way rising behind the laser lights and city lights.
July 22, 2014
You can’t look at a sunflower and feel sad
Sunflower and tiny friend by Clifford Beaird.
July 21, 2014
Cosmic rain over isle of Lindisfarne
Composite image capturing a night under the cosmic rain - aka last year's Perseid meteor shower - on Lindisfarne off the northeast coast of England.
July 18, 2014
Swan landing
Allerton Bywater is a village in the city of Leeds, in West Yorkshire, England. The River Aire, popular with swans, flows through it.
July 17, 2014
Seagull and crepuscular rays
Vera Kiss said she hadn't planned on catching this seagull when she aimed toward these crepuscular rays over the sea.
July 15, 2014
