[/caption] The International Space Station is big. About the size of American football field, it has an acre of solar…
ESA’s XMM-Newton orbiting X-ray telescope has uncovered the first close-up of a white dwarf star that could explode into a…
[/caption] From Earth, the Andromeda Galaxy looks like a calm, bright galaxy, and is visible with the naked eye in…
Are you interested in knowing what planets are visible tonight? Almost every night of the year, some planet in our…
[/caption] Think nothing ever happens on the Moon? New images from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera shows spectacular views of…
On September 4, 2009, Earth's orbital motion will carry it through the same plane as Saturn's rings. From our vantage…
[/caption] As scientists attempt to learn more about how galaxies evolve, an open question has been whether collisions with our…
Divergent boundaries are one of the bi-products of plate tectonics. As the name implies, divergent boundaries are formed when two…
The astronaut helmet protects its wearer from micrometeoroids, solar ultraviolet as well as infrared radiation. It is made up of…
[/caption] The search for the best observatory site in the world has lead to the discovery of what is thought…