Aurora Shimmer Meteor Flash
Northern Lights, or aurora borealis, haunted skies over the island of Kvaløya, near Tromsø Norway on 2009 December […]
Science
Orion Launch
Headed for two orbits of planet Earth and a splashdown in the Pacific, Orion blazed into the early […]
Milky Way over Moon Valley
Our Milky Way Galaxy arcs over a desolate landscape in this fantastic panoramic night skyview. The otherworldly scene […]
NASA’s Orion Spacecraft Lifts Off Into Orbit
By HENRY FOUNTAIN The launching of the rocket, which carried no crew, ushers in what NASA hopes will […]
Dawn of Orion: NASA Launch Opens New Era in Space
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NASA’s new Orion spacecraft circled the planet Friday on a high-stakes test flight meant […]
Florida: Orion Test Postponed for Fuel System Problem
By HENRY FOUNTAIN NASA postponed the first test flight of its Orion spacecraft on Thursday morning because of […]
Plato and the Lunar Alps
The dark-floored, 95 kilometer wide crater Plato and sunlit peaks of the lunar Alps (Montes Alpes) are highlighted […]
Thousands of Einstein Documents Are Now a Click Away
By DENNIS OVERBYE A mammoth effort is underway to publish tens of thousands of letters, papers, postcards and […]
The Surprising Power of an Electric Eel’s Shock
By CARL ZIMMER New research has uncovered the remarkable sophistication with which electric eels deploy their shocks. Published: […]
NASA’s Test Flight of Orion Spacecraft Is Delayed
By HENRY FOUNTAIN After a glitch developed in the launch rocket’s fuel system, the agency postponed the flight […]