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Goodbye, Mommy. Happy journey to you! Photo: a Japanese space agency picture of the Earth as it rises from behind the Moon

Posted by kluciole at 8/26/2010 2:00 AM | Add Comment

Striking new image of Tarantula Nebula at the heart of one of our closest galaxies

Posted by kluciole at 8/15/2010 7:15 PM | Add Comment

Spectacular photo: the Milky Way seen above wind generators in Minnesota

Posted by kluciole at 8/11/2010 11:54 AM | Add Comment

Stunning new image of two galaxies as they slowly crash into one another over millions of years

Posted by kluciole at 8/9/2010 7:48 PM | Add Comment

Sun storms may bring northern lights farther south

Posted by kluciole at 8/3/2010 6:00 AM | Add Comment

Photo: the shadow of planet Earth as a dark blue arch rising in the sky behind Ayers Rock (Uluru) in Australia

Posted by kluciole at 7/31/2010 11:27 AM | Add Comment

Antarctica Experiment Discovers Puzzling Space Ray Pattern

Posted by kluciole at 7/31/2010 11:17 AM | Add Comment

Just what is a buckyball? "Football-shaped carbon 'buckyballs' found floating in space for first time"

Posted by kluciole at 7/25/2010 5:49 AM | Add Comment

'Monster' star 10 million times brighter than the Sun discovered by astronomers at center of Tarantula Nebula

Posted by kluciole at 7/21/2010 4:34 AM | Add Comment

I could stare at this photo for hours: the bright stars and dark dust of our spiral Milky Way Galaxy above Pulpit Rock in Australia

Posted by kluciole at 7/19/2010 9:44 PM | Add Comment

A gorgeous recent image of the Pleiades, courtesy of NASA

Posted by kluciole at 7/18/2010 5:12 AM | Add Comment

Photo: a star-forming region in new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC

Posted by kluciole at 7/13/2010 1:22 AM | Add Comment

Stargazers in awe as total eclipse arcs across Pacific

Posted by kluciole at 7/13/2010 1:02 AM | Add Comment

Photo: a cloud of baby stars surrounds the star R Coronae Australis

Posted by kluciole at 7/6/2010 5:51 PM | Add Comment

Our current North Star is Polaris. During much of the time of the ancient Egyptians, it was Thuban (info and photos here)

Posted by kluciole at 7/6/2010 1:19 AM | Add Comment

The graceful, winding arms of the majestic spiral galaxy M51 (The Whirlpool Galaxy)

Posted by kluciole at 6/27/2010 4:04 PM | Add Comment

Scientists simulate the sound of the 'God Particle'

Posted by kluciole at 6/26/2010 10:06 PM | Add Comment

NASA spots 'crack' in the universe in the middle of the Milky Way

Posted by kluciole at 6/23/2010 5:41 PM | Add Comment

The Aurora Australis (Southern Lights) as observed from the International Space Station

Posted by kluciole at 6/22/2010 12:27 AM | Add Comment

7th-Graders Discover Mysterious Cave on Mars

Posted by kluciole at 6/22/2010 12:04 AM | Add Comment

Amelia Earhart's Watch Reaches Space Station 82 Years After Historic Flight

Posted by kluciole at 6/19/2010 1:21 AM | Add Comment

Photo: gullies on the surface Mars taken by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

Posted by kluciole at 6/17/2010 9:31 AM | Add Comment

Massive space storms forecasted as sun awakens from 'deep slumber'

Posted by kluciole at 6/14/2010 5:27 PM | Add Comment

The red plains of Mars were once covered by a vast ocean

Posted by kluciole at 6/13/2010 10:57 PM | Add Comment

Space probe returns to Earth from trip to asteroid

Posted by kluciole at 6/13/2010 10:38 PM | Add Comment

Scientists find a 'hint of life' on Saturn's moon Titan

Posted by kluciole at 6/4/2010 5:33 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Scientists begin 520-day Mars mission simulation

Posted by kluciole at 6/3/2010 4:06 PM | Add Comment

Like lapis lazuli... Photo: the aftermath of a supernova explosion in the Large Magellanic Cloud

Posted by kluciole at 6/2/2010 9:25 AM | Add Comment

Hubble catches planet being devoured by its star

Posted by kluciole at 5/24/2010 11:45 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Photo: the Atlantis shuttle, docked at the International Space Station, with our gorgeous Earth situated below

Posted by kluciole at 5/22/2010 1:53 PM | Add Comment

NASA images reveal Gulf of Mexico oil spill entering powerful current that could carry it to Florida and beyond

Posted by kluciole at 5/20/2010 5:03 PM | Add Comment

Why We Exist: Matter Wins Battle Over Antimatter

Posted by kluciole at 5/19/2010 10:05 PM | Add Comment

Blast from the past: a new type of exploding star

Posted by kluciole at 5/19/2010 3:50 PM | Add Comment

Photo: the Space Shuttle Atlantis backdropped against Earth prior to docking with the International Space Station

Posted by kluciole at 5/18/2010 1:51 PM | Add Comment

Photo: NASA image taken from telescope atop Mauna Kea, showing most distant, primitive cluster of galaxies ever found

Posted by kluciole at 5/13/2010 7:07 AM | Add Comment

Photo: cloud formations over the North Pacific Ocean taken by NASA's Global Hawk Earth science aircraft at 58,000 feet

Posted by kluciole at 5/11/2010 12:47 PM | Add Comment

Hubble Photo: celestial object - NGC 6302 - looks like a delicate butterfly but is far from serene

Posted by kluciole at 5/9/2010 7:10 PM | Add Comment

Photo: the 'Hand' Nebula, 17,000 light-years away from Earth. Photo taken by the Chandra X-ray Observatory

Posted by kluciole at 5/8/2010 7:08 PM | Add Comment

World's biggest beaver dam discovered in northern Canada, "an animal-made structure so large it is visible from space"

Posted by kluciole at 5/6/2010 2:33 PM | Add Comment

Meteor Shower Created by Halley's Comet Peaks Thursday

Posted by kluciole at 5/5/2010 6:13 PM | Add Comment

Hubble celebrates its 20th birthday with amazing pictures of a turbulent cosmic tower

Posted by kluciole at 4/23/2010 9:03 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Photo: the International Space Station, visible from space shuttle Discovery prior to the two crafts docking

Posted by kluciole at 4/17/2010 2:52 PM | Add Comment

Scientists capture 'mysterious dark object' passing over rare eclipse of Epsilon Aurigae

Posted by kluciole at 4/9/2010 2:32 AM | Add Comment

Rare Sight: Asteroid to Hide Easily Spotted Star Zeta Ophiuchi

Posted by kluciole at 4/5/2010 8:44 PM | Add Comment

Large Hadron Collider atom smasher will help reveal "the beginning"

Posted by kluciole at 3/30/2010 10:54 PM | Add Comment

Photo: the open star cluster NGC 7380. It lies in the constellation Cepheus

Posted by kluciole at 3/26/2010 3:45 AM | Add Comment

Last Chance to Get a Good Look at Mars Until 2012

Posted by kluciole at 3/25/2010 10:26 PM | Add Comment

Photo: a large star forming nebula in the constellation of Cassiopeia within the Milky Way Galaxy

Posted by kluciole at 3/14/2010 6:33 PM | Add Comment

Photo: the STEREO spacecraft captured this strong coronal mass ejection from the Sun

Posted by kluciole at 3/14/2010 6:12 PM | Add Comment

Life-Enabling Molecules Spotted in Orion Nebula

Posted by kluciole at 3/13/2010 5:51 AM | Add Comment

Catastrophic event in early Universe could explain why galaxies like our Milky Way stop growing

Posted by kluciole at 3/10/2010 7:20 PM | Add Comment

Big Bang experiment may reveal dark universe: CERN

Posted by kluciole at 3/8/2010 10:11 AM | Add Comment

Photo: artist's impression of an icy exoplanet. "An era of planet discovery is dawning that will see thousands of new worlds identified in the next few years"

Posted by kluciole at 3/7/2010 1:12 PM | Add Comment

Amazing new images beamed back from Mars, "crystal clear views of alien rock formations"

Posted by kluciole at 3/6/2010 6:50 PM | Add Comment

Galaxy quest: First stunning images from WISE telescope scanning our entire night sky

Posted by kluciole at 2/26/2010 10:25 PM | Add Comment

Pluto Discovered 80 Years Ago Today ~ Still a Big Mystery

Posted by kluciole at 2/18/2010 4:13 PM | Add Comment

Photo: the giant stellar nursery surrounding NGC 3603, in which stars are continuously being born

Posted by kluciole at 2/13/2010 8:42 PM | Add Comment

The Hawaiian sky at night: Stunning moonbow arches over dramatic volcanic landscape

Posted by kluciole at 2/9/2010 9:17 PM | Add Comment

Photo: Space shuttle Endeavour lifts off from its launch pad at Cape Canaveral

Posted by kluciole at 2/8/2010 2:18 PM | Add Comment

Channeling your inner alien? Maybe, scientists say

Posted by kluciole at 1/26/2010 5:25 PM | Add Comment

Photo: an image from the Spitzer Telescope of a region of space called W5

Posted by kluciole at 1/26/2010 12:22 AM | Add Comment

Photo: moonlit night in Himalayas as bright star Capella rises above Mount Everest

Posted by kluciole at 1/17/2010 9:12 PM | Add Comment

Photo: the Milky Way stretching above the Sahara, in the remote Tassili National Park

Posted by kluciole at 1/16/2010 4:19 PM | Add Comment

Study shows babies of today "could end up training to be space architects"

Posted by kluciole at 1/16/2010 4:05 PM | Add Comment

Longest solar eclipse for 1,000 years turns Sun into a blazing ring of fire

Posted by kluciole at 1/15/2010 9:15 PM | Add Comment

A graphic showing NASA's hunt for Earth-like planets with Kepler

Posted by kluciole at 1/12/2010 1:03 AM | Add Comment

Cassini mission captures Saturn in its natural colors with little sign of the spectacular rings

Posted by kluciole at 1/10/2010 3:39 AM | Add Comment

Cool photo: the Russian Soyuz spacecraft approaches the International Space Station

Posted by kluciole at 1/7/2010 3:02 AM | Add Comment

Photo: the glittering metropolis of the cluster galaxy M13; home to over 100,000 stars but only 150 light years across

Posted by kluciole at 1/6/2010 2:47 AM | Add Comment

Once in a blue moon ... stargazers savor spectacular lunar wonder on New Year's Eve

Posted by kluciole at 1/4/2010 1:48 AM | Add Comment

Embers 10,000 times hotter than our Sun left behind by supernova

Posted by kluciole at 1/1/2010 6:15 AM | Add Comment

Rare New Year's Eve 'blue moon' to ring in 2010

Posted by kluciole at 12/30/2009 8:28 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Russia may send spacecraft to knock away asteroid

Posted by kluciole at 12/30/2009 8:13 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Artist's impression of a giant gas planet with an Earth-like moon, similar to Pandora in the new movie "Avatar"

Posted by kluciole at 12/27/2009 10:27 PM | Add Comment

Star Remnants Retain 'Memory' of Supernova Explosions

Posted by kluciole at 12/25/2009 10:01 AM | Add Comment

Tug of the sun and moon trigger San Andreas tremors

Posted by kluciole at 12/23/2009 5:58 PM | Add Comment

The Real Science of 'Avatar'

Posted by kluciole at 12/22/2009 3:36 AM | Add Comment

Herschel telescope images show birth of stars 1,000 light years from Earth

Posted by kluciole at 12/21/2009 2:26 PM | Add Comment

NASA photo: the first flash of sunlight reflects off a lake on Saturn's moon Titan

Posted by kluciole at 12/19/2009 3:53 AM | Add Comment

Dark matter discovered: Scientists believe they have found elusive particle that makes up 90% of Universe

Posted by kluciole at 12/18/2009 8:50 AM | Add Comment

Scientists discover Earth-like, water-rich planet

Posted by kluciole at 12/16/2009 8:04 PM | Add Comment

Photo: time exposure photograph of the Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank in Cheshire

Posted by kluciole at 12/13/2009 6:06 PM | Add Comment

Saturn's mysterious hexagon crown lit up as 30-year winter ends

Posted by kluciole at 12/10/2009 3:03 PM | Add Comment

The awe-inspiring night sky that makes even Mount Everest look small

Posted by kluciole at 12/7/2009 5:08 PM | Add Comment

Hottest star in the galaxy pictured for the first time, in the Bug Nebula

Posted by kluciole at 12/6/2009 8:42 PM | Add Comment

Ex-Files: British military ends its UFO hot line

Posted by kluciole at 12/4/2009 6:41 PM | Add Comment

Huge Explosion Reveals the Most Massive Star Known

Posted by kluciole at 12/2/2009 11:22 AM | Add Comment

Photo: the glorious Crab Nebula; this mighty cosmic 'generator' produces energy at the rate of 100,000 suns

Posted by kluciole at 12/1/2009 3:57 PM | Add Comment

Stellar Fossils from Milky Way's Past Revealed

Posted by kluciole at 11/29/2009 10:20 PM | Add Comment

Photo: a NASA Earth Observatory photo shows the Upsala Glacier, in the Southern Patagonian Icefield

Posted by kluciole at 11/25/2009 1:21 PM | Add Comment

Astronomers name Scotland's Galloway Forest Park as one of world's best stargazing sites

Posted by kluciole at 11/16/2009 4:21 PM | Add Comment

Strong Leonid Meteor Shower Peaks Early Tuesday Morning

Posted by kluciole at 11/16/2009 3:35 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Photo: a detailed view of star birth in the spiral galaxy M83, captured by Hubble

Posted by kluciole at 11/15/2009 3:39 AM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Stunning New Photograph of Earth from Space

Posted by kluciole at 11/12/2009 3:27 PM | Add Comment

Milky Way: the colorful center of our galaxy in all its glory

Posted by kluciole at 11/12/2009 1:23 AM | View Comments (3) | Add Comment

Love the imagery in this video: "Meet Me Halfway" by the Black Eyed Peas

Posted by kluciole at 11/12/2009 1:21 AM | Add Comment

Asteroid passes just 8,700 miles from Earth

Posted by kluciole at 11/10/2009 12:07 PM | Add Comment

A neutron star is born: Stellar core just 12 miles across spotted 11,000 light years away

Posted by kluciole at 11/6/2009 6:00 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

NASA's Fermi telescope "uncovers proof of Einstein's famous space-time theory"

Posted by kluciole at 10/31/2009 11:30 AM | Add Comment

Photo: NASA concept image shows a cloudy Jupiter-like planet that orbits very close to its fiery hot star

Posted by kluciole at 10/24/2009 7:05 AM | Add Comment
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