Military Memo Deepens Possible Interstellar Meteor Mystery by Joey Roulette
The U.S. Space Command seemed to confirm a claim that a meteor from outside the solar system had […]
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Hubble Telescope Zooms In on the Biggest Comet Ever Spotted ...
The space observatory helped scientists make a more precise measurement of the comet, which has a mass of […]
The Gator Back Rocks of Mars
Wind-sharpened rocks known as ventifacts, cover this broad sloping plain in the foot hills of Mount Sharp, Gale […]
Messier 96
Spiral arms seem to swirl around the core of Messier 96 in this colorful, detailed portrait of a […]
Milky Way over Devils Tower
What created Devils Tower? The origin of this extraordinary rock monolith in Wyoming, USA is still debated, with […]
N11: Star Clouds of the LMC
Massive stars, abrasive winds, mountains of dust, and energetic light sculpt one of the largest and most picturesque […]
A Space Station Crosses a Busy Sun
Typically, the International Space Station is visible only at night. Slowly drifting across the night sky as it […]
Shadows at the Moons South Pole
Was this image of the Moon’s surface taken with a microscope? No — it’s a multi-temporal illumination map […]
Mars Saturn Conjunction
Fainter stars in the zodiacal constellation Capricornus are scattered near the plane of the ecliptic in this field […]
Shards of Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs May Have Been ...
In a North Dakota deposit far from the Chicxulub crater in Mexico, remains of the rock from space […]