NuSTAR finds Shockingly Bright Star
(NASA) – The NuSTAR Telescope (Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array) has found a pulsating, dead star beaming with the energy of about 10 million suns. This is the brightest pulsar ever recorded….
Mars Rover Drills First Mount Sharp Sample
This image from the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera on NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover shows the first sample-collection hole drilled in Mount Sharp, the layered mountain that is the…
Video of Twisting M7.3 Solar Flare
The sun emitted a mid-level solar flare, peaking at 3:01 p.m. EDT on Oct. 2, 2014. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the sun 24-hours a day, captured images of…
India’s Mars Orbiter Takes Impressive Full Globe Image
In the first week since it was inserted into Mars orbit, the newest addition to the small Martian fleet of spacecraft has managed to send home a rather impressive full…
Arctic Sea Ice at Sixth Lowest Recorded Level
As if we needed more bad news about global warming, data from the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado, Boulder.Arctic shows sea ice coverage…
NASA Finds Clear Skies and Water Vapor on Exoplanet HAT-P-11b
Seeing Starlight Through a Planet’s Rim A Neptune-size planet with a clear atmosphere is shown crossing in front of its star in this artist’s depiction. Such crossings, or transits, are…
India Spacecraft to Enter Mars Orbit this Week
After a successful launch on November 5th 2013 the Indian Space Research Organization ISRO is set to place the Mangalyaan spacecraft into orbit around the red planet. The spacecraft will arrive right on schedule…
Great Rocket Simulator, like LEGOs for big kids – Kerbal Space Program
This program is like LEGOs for the kid in all of us. If you have ever wanted to be a rocket scientist here is your chance, The program presents you…
