Astronomy

Hubble Sees Fireball After Gamma Ray Burst

(NASA) - The Hubble Space Telescope recently provided the strongest evidence yet that short-duration gamma ray bursts are produced by…

11 years ago

New IRIS Space Telescope Shows Sun Up Close

The IRIS Telescope was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., on June 27, 2013 on a mission to study the…

11 years ago

New Image of Comet ISON from Hubble

The sun-approaching Comet ISON floats against a seemingly infinite backdrop of numerous galaxies and a handful of foreground stars. The…

11 years ago

Planet Hunter Kepler Starts Tests on Road to Recovery

The most prolific planet hunter in history recently suffered a serious blow when the second of four reaction wheels failed…

11 years ago

New Images of Earth from Cassini at Saturn

We reported on June 18th that NASA had planned to take images of Earth from Cassini as it orbits Saturn,…

11 years ago

NASA’S HUBBLE FINDS NEW NEPTUNE MOON

(Source NASA) -Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a new moon orbiting the distant blue-green planet Neptune, the 14th known to…

11 years ago

Free Blue Planet HD 189733b Wallpaper – Celebrate Discovery.

To honor the first ever detection of color in a planet outside our solar system we made desktop background wallpaper…

11 years ago

Hubble Finds Blue Planet 63 Light Years Away

(Source NASA) -  Astronomers making visible-light observations with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have deduced the actual color of a planet…

11 years ago

Comet ISON getting closer, putting on 4th of July show

Comet ISON is approaching the sun at 48,000 miles per hour. As it does the tail grows longer and brighter.…

11 years ago

New Indications Voyager 1 is about to Exit Solar System

When Voyager 1 and it's twin were launched in 1977 no one really expected the Voyager spacecraft would last for over 30…

11 years ago