»» Massive Solar Storm Heads for Earth

Tuesday, January 24, 2012 - A large solar flare yesterday triggered a coronal mass ejection travelling at 1400 km/s that will reach Earth today. An energetic eruption of this level can disrupt satellites, so operation teams at ESA and other organisations are closely monitoring the s

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»» Brilliant Enceladus

Monday, January 9, 2012 - The Cassini spacecraft looks at a brightly illuminated Enceladus and examines the surface of the leading hemisphere of this Saturnian moon.

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»» Book Review: Fifty Years on the Space Frontier: Halo Orbits, Comets, Asteroids, and More

Sunday, January 8, 2012 - Most people have never heard of Robert Farquhar outside of NASA - and that is a shame. The cover of this book says it all. Look at this exquisite orbit Farquhar created to take an old spacecraft so as to repurpose it and throw it at not one but two comet

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»» Gemini Observatory's Revolutionary Instrument Propels Astronomical Imaging to New Extremes

Thursday, January 5, 2012 - On December 16, 2011, a decade of hard work culminated at the Gemini South telescope in Chile, when a next-generation adaptive optics (AO) system produced its first ultra-sharp wide field image.

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»» Image from Space: Tremors, Eruption at El Hierro Subsiding?

Thursday, January 5, 2012 - The Advanced Land Imager on the EO-1 satellite captured this natural-color image of the island and its offshore eruption on December 16, 2011. The eruption is located about one kilometer south-southwest of the town of La Restinga.

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»» The Smoky Pink Core of the Omega Nebula

Wednesday, January 4, 2012 - A new image of the Omega Nebula, captured by ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT), is one of the sharpest of this object ever taken from the ground.

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»» Subaru's Sharp Eye Confirms Signs of Unseen Planets in the Dust Ring of HR 4796 A

Tuesday, January 3, 2012 - The SEEDS project, a five-year international collaboration launched in 2009 and led by Motohide Tamura of NAOJ has yielded another impressive image that contributes to our understanding of the link between disks and planet formation.

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»» Image: Active Galaxy Centaurus A

Tuesday, January 3, 2012 - Hubble's panchromatic vision, stretching from ultraviolet through near-infrared wavelengths, reveals the vibrant glow of young, blue star clusters and a glimpse into regions normally obscured by the dust.

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»» SGAC-EIC Space Entrepreneurship Paper Competition

Tuesday, January 3, 2012 - The competition challenges students and young professionals worldwide to develop new ideas and perspectives on opportunities and challenges facing space entrepreneurs and investors today.

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»» Fastest Rotating Star Found in Neighboring Galaxy

Friday, December 30, 2011 - This artist's concept pictures the fastest rotating star found to date. The massive, bright young star, called VFTS 102, rotates at a million miles per hour, or 100 times faster than our sun does.

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»» Fragile Oasis: Astronaut Dan Burbank: A Beacon For The Holidays

Friday, December 30, 2011 - Welcoming our new crewmates, Oleg Kononenko, Andre Kuipers and Don Pettit aboard the International Space Station on Friday was wonderful, made all the more so as it came just before Christmas.

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»» China Releases White Paper - China's Space Activities in 2011

Thursday, December 29, 2011 - China's Information Office of the State Council today published a white paper on China's space activities in 2011.

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»» Photo: Station Commander Captures Unprecedented View of Comet

Thursday, December 22, 2011 - International Space Station Commander Dan Burbank captured spectacular imagery of Comet Lovejoy from about 240 miles above the Earth's horizon on Wednesday, Dec. 21.

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»» Discovery of A Vigorous Star-Forming Galaxy at Cosmic Dawn

Wednesday, December 21, 2011 - An international team of astronomers led by Masami Ouchi at the University of Tokyo has discovered a vigorous, star-forming galaxy that existed about 750 million years after the Big Bang.

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