Variable star V838 Monocerotis lies near the edge of our Milky Way Galaxy, about 20,000 light-years from our sun. Still,…
This picture from NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor could help settle a decades-long debate about whether the planet had long-lasting rivers…
Cuba’s island Cayo Largo del Sur is seen from the International Space Station in November 2005. No more than 15.5…
High school senior Panna Felsen arm wrestles an artificial arm built by a group of students at Virginia Tech. It’s…
Scientists have made the first conclusive discovery of water vapor in the atmosphere of a planet beyond our solar system,…
Newborn stars peek out from beneath their natal blanket of dust in this dynamic image of the Rho Ophiuchi dark…
On January 27, 1967, Apollo 1’s crew-Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom, Edward H. White II and Roger B. Chaffee-was killed when…
For millions of years, Antarctica, the frozen continent at the southern end of the planet, has been encased in a…
Photographer David Cortner recorded this dramatic composite sequence of the November 8 total lunar eclipse in the skies over Connelly’s…
The shape, density and spin of the asteroid Eros combine to create a bizarre pattern of what is “uphill” and…
