Category Archives: Space

Astronomers hunting alien Earths

Posted on January 24, 2011

Alien worlds beckon to us Earthlings today, promising visions of a sister planet to our own orbiting a nearby star. NASA’s Kepler space telescope team … Continue reading →

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Sparkle

Posted on January 1, 2011

This Hubble Space Telescope image of galaxy NGC 1275 reveals the fine, thread-like filamentary structures in the gas surrounding the galaxy. The red filaments are … Continue reading →

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Taking to the Sky

Posted on October 26, 2010

Wispy clouds are illuminated by a bright quarter moon behind the tail of NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, flying observatory during telescope … Continue reading →

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Iceberg Collision in Antarctica

Posted on March 4, 2010

An oblong iceberg roughly as big as Rhode Island called B-09B (center right in this image) collided with the edge of the Mertz Glacier in … Continue reading →

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Robot vs. Robot: Live In Washington and Across the Nation

Posted on March 4, 2010

NASA, in cooperation with local technology firms and sponsors, launches a nationwide series of high school robotics competitions that begin March 5 and 6 at … Continue reading →

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