Space News

Photographer Chad Blakley took this imagery yesterday of green aurorae over the Abisko National Park in Sweden. Fittingly, it was St. Patrick’s Day! Check out his website, in case you want to travel to see the aur...

The science team guiding NASA’s Curiosity Mars Science Lab (MSL) rover have demonstrated a new capability that significantly enhances the robots capability to scan her surroundings for signs of life giving water �...

This week offers observers a shot at capturing a fascinating but elusive lunar feature. But why study the Moon? It’s a question we occasionally receive as a backyard astronomer. There’s a sort of “bee...

After two years of doing the loop-the-loop around Mercury, MESSENGER has unveiled a bunch of surprises from Mercury — the closest planet to the Sun. The spacecraft launched in 2004 and made three flybys of the pla...