In the sapphire-to-stygian waters that cover 70 percent of Earth’s surface, fish school in iridescent sheets, whales…
Pandora is one of Saturn’s many baby moons, far too runty to form a sphere under its own gravity. Instead, this 52-mile…
Last night, photographers around the world turned their cameras to the sky to capture the closest full moon—also known…
One of the simple wonders of living on a spinning ball with a thin atmosphere in a densely packed corner of space is…
When the first deadly avalanche struck the Aru Range in Tibet on July 17th, scientists were puzzled. But when a second…
At 6:39 am EDT today, a spacecraft weighing over 2,000 kilograms (4,400 pounds) with a wingspan half that of a Boeing…
If you, like me, are a space nerd living in a city, then you can appreciate the struggle of finding clear skies to…
If you needed proof that the future of reusable rocket technology is going to be spectacular, look no further than…
If you want to see beautiful auroras, forget Alaska, Canada, and Iceland—check out Jupiter. At the gas giant’s north…
So you missed Mercury transiting the Sun last month and thought you were going to have to wait another three whole…
Welcome to the Universe, IRAS 14568-6304. There’s no catchy name for this particular stellar object, because it’s too…
New Horizons may be millions of miles beyond Pluto in the Kuiper Belt right now, but that hasn’t stopped the spacecraft…
Years of drought have not been kind to Lake Mead, the largest man-made reservoir in the United States formed by the…
This colorful image may look like a work of modern art, but it’s actually a false-color satellite image of Rub’ al…
If you like jigsaws, you’d love to be on the team at the European Space Agency that created this image. Made up of…
When SpaceX managed to safely land its 3rd Falcon 9 rocket ten days ago, Elon Musk tweeted that the company “may need…
The American artist Peter Halley has taken over 5,000 square feet of the Schirn Kunsthalle exhibition hall in…
Otto Lilienthal was the first human to develop and create a production aircraft, going on to make over 2,000…
This quarter-inch diameter chip was photographed by British astronaut Tim Peake from inside the Cupola module of the…
Long exposure shots always make nighttime scenes look futuristic. This isn’t a frame from a science fiction movie,…
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