Space News

Today, we see an unobstructed view of the cosmos in all directions. But, a time existed near the Big Bang when the space between galaxies was an opaque fog where nothing could be seen. And according to two University of ...

So much space awesomeness this week. Satellites collect more than just pretty pictures. NASA's Earth Observatory website released this temperature anomaly map above, based on data from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spe...

This video compilation from the Goddard Space Flight Center takes a look back at the best views of our planet from space in the last year, including true color satellite images, Earth science data visualizations, time la...

Take the next few nights to celebrate the stars! The International Dark Sky Week is a worldwide event, and part of Global Astronomy Month - going on now! The goals of IDSW are to appreciate the beauty of the night sky an...

More of our readers had success in capturing the awesomeness of seeing Comet PANSTARRS encounter the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) in the night sky. Göran Strand sent us this absolutely gorgeous image, taken from 70 km north o...

Gemini 8 was in trouble. The spacecraft was spinning rapidly, the astronauts were fighting to stay conscious, and worst of all -- they were out of the reach of NASA's Mission Control. The astronauts eventually did make c...

Jupiter's moon Io features at least 400 active volcanoes, making it the most volcanically active world in our Solar System. However, the location of the volcanoes on Io just doesn't match up with scientific models that p...