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The Sun gets active! On May 12, 2013, the Sun emitted what NASA called a "significant" solar flare, classified as an X1.7, making it the first X-class flare of 2013. Then earlier today, May 13, 2013, the Sun let loose wi...

The image above could go down as an iconic shot of space exploration. Taken during the 'emergency' spacewalk last Saturday to fix the leaking ammonia coolant in the pump and flow control system for the International Spac...

A new method of detecting alien worlds is full of awesome, as it combines Einstein's Theory of Relativity along with BEER. No, not the weekend beverage of choice, but the relativistic BEaming, Ellipsoidal, and Reflection...

See photos of the major X-class solar flares of May 2013 as seen by sun-watching spacecraft.

During the past five months, Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield has been providing a steady flow of strikingly beautiful images, as well as concisely sharing his experiences via social media sites like Twitter. Hadfield h...

Just when we'd thought that we've seen every possible type of eclipse image, we're happily surprised by the Universe. If you're like me, you watch the original Star Wars film and wonder what kind of eclipses could be see...

This very creative self-portrait by astrophotographer Miguel Claro shows what appears to be the photographer taking a 'macro' closeup of the crescent Moon! But there is a lot more going on in this image. The crescent Moo...