Apollo 14 Heads for Home
Fifty years ago this Sunday (February 7, 1971), the crew of Apollo 14 left lunar orbit and headed […]
Astronomy
Apollo 14: A View from Antares
Fifty years ago this Friday, Apollo 14’s Lunar Module Antares landed on the Moon. Toward the end of […]
Found on the Moon: Candidate for Oldest Known Earth Rock
Was the oldest known rock on Earth found on the Moon? Quite possibly. The story opens with the […]
A Colorful Quadrantid Meteor
Meteors can be colorful. While the human eye usually cannot discern many colors, cameras often can. Pictured is […]
Lunar Halo over Snowy Trees
Have you ever seen a halo around the Moon? This fairly common sight occurs when high thin clouds […]
Asteroids in the Distance
Rocks from space hit Earth every day. The larger the rock, though, the less often Earth is struck. […]
Southern Sky at 38,000 Feet
Celestial sights of the southern sky shine above a cloudy planet Earth in this gorgeous night sky view. […]
North American Nightscape
On January 21, light from the Moon near first quarter illuminated the foreground in this snowy mountain and […]
Messier 66 Close Up
Big, beautiful spiral galaxy Messier 66 lies a mere 35 million light-years away. The gorgeous island universe is […]
The Vertical Magnetic Field of NGC 5775
How far do magnetic fields extend up and out of spiral galaxies? For decades astronomers knew only that […]