Space News

A few sunspots are now 'peppering" the surface of our Sun -- Spaceweather.com lists about 12 different sunspot groups today. Yesterday (January 7, 2013), astrophotographer John Chumack stepped outside over his lunch brea...

This incredible new movie of the Vela pulsar has the unnerving appearance of the Phantom of the Opera - wearing not only a mask, but also a steam-blowing hat like the Tin Man in "The Wizard of Oz." What you are seeing he...

It's a bit dusty on Mars, and so the Curiosity rover has now cleaned up a little spot. For the first time ever, the newest Mars rover has used its Dust Removal Tool. "The underlying rock and the windblown dust on top of ...